Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Operated or designed for operation at high speed.
- adjective Taking place at high speed.
- adjective Having a speed of 50–500 frames per second, as movie film, to record events that occur too rapidly for usual photography.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective same as
fast . Opposite ofslow . - adjective performed at a high rate of speed.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective That operates, moves or takes place at a greater than normal speed.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective operating at high speed
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Examples
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Imprecision and misunderstanding over the term "high-speed rail" is widespread.
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Unsecured creditors, who may not collect anything on the $40 million they are owed, want the company to slow the sale process, which they called a "high-speed train wreck."
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Compared to other modes of transport, in the long-term high-speed rail will be a cheap and efficient way to travel, he says.
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He called high-speed rail a "once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform the way we travel in the 21st Century".
BBC News - Home 2011
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I think the real reason the Obama administration is pushing for the so-called high-speed trains has nothing whatsoever to do with meeting transportation needs or saving energy.
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LaHood gave Scott a reprieve until the end of this week to make a final decision on the funding, which would go toward a high-speed rail line between Tampa and Orlando; Scott last week renewed his criticism of the project, calling high-speed rail "a federal boondoggle."
Northeastern senators make play for high-speed rail funds rejected by Florida 2011
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In May of 1984, Continental experienced what the FDIC described as a high-speed electronic bank run.
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It's known as high-speed rail money, but don't picture bullet trains zipping by at 200 mph.
The Seattle Times 2011
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The iPhone 4S for AT&T uses a faster version of technology called high-speed packet access that increases speeds to as much as 14.4 megabits per second.
SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter Scott Moritz 2011
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The iPhone 4S for AT&T uses a faster version of technology called high-speed packet access that increases speeds to as much as 14.4 megabits per second.
SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter Scott Moritz 2011
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