high fidelity

noun

Electronics.

1. sound reproduction over the full range of audible frequencies with very little distortion of the original signal.

high fidelity

noun

1. Often shortened to: hi-fi. 

   1. the reproduction of sound using electronic equipment that gives faithful reproduction with little or no distortion

   2. ( as modifier )

      a high-fidelity amplifier

Other Word Forms

• high-fidelity adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of high fidelity¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

This is because of "really high fidelity graphics" in games needing "a lot of people involved in the development process", he explained.

From BBC

Researchers used their novel system to measure these fields, and mathematical modelling to turn those fields into high fidelity images showing, millisecond-by-millisecond, which parts of the brain are engaged when we undertake tasks.

From Science Daily

That lack of high fidelity is not loved by all but it does give long wave its own character, he explains.

From BBC

Is high fidelity particularly important to the two of you?

From Los Angeles Times

And, fortunately for history, it is of high fidelity — amazingly intimate all these decades later, as if you are sitting with Haldeman in his home study as he dictates.

From Washington Post