high fidelity

English

Noun

high fidelity (uncountable) (abbreviated as hi-fi or HiFi)

1. The electronic reproduction of a given sound or image with relatively high accuracy.
   • 1954 November 13, “The low-down on high fidelity”, in Billboard, page 127:

     High Fidelity is an attempt to minimize the effect of the electro-mechanical means necessary to the reproduction of music.

2. A high-quality reproduction of sound.
   • 1980 December 20, Maxell (advertisement), Billboard, page 75:

     AFTER 500 PLAYS OUR HIGH FIDELITY TAPE STILL DELIVERS HIGH FIDELITY

Translations

electronic system

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 高保真 (gāobǎozhēn)

• Esperanto: altfidelo
• Estonian: kõrge helikvaliteediga
• Finnish: hifi
• French: haute-fidélité (fr) f
• Greek: υψηλή πιστότητα f (ypsilí pistótita)
• Irish: ard-dílseacht f
• Japanese: ハイファイ (haifai)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: înaltă fidelitate (ro) f
• Russian: хай-фа́й (ru) m (xaj-fáj)
• Spanish: alta fidelidad

Adjective

high fidelity (not comparable)

1. (of a sound system) Characterized by minimal distortion.