"high definition" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: high definitions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} high definition (usually uncountable, plural high definitions)
  1. (uncountable) Enhanced picture quality on a TV or any other display. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: HD, high-definition Derived forms: high-definition television Related terms: HDTV, HD DVD (alt: HD-DVD) Translations (enhanced picture quality): alta definició [feminine] (Catalan), 高淸 (gāoqīng) [Mainland-China] (Chinese Mandarin), 高畫質 /高画质 (gāohuàzhì) [Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), kõrglahutusega (Estonian), teräväpiirto (Finnish), haute définition [feminine] (French), alta definición [feminine] (Galician), alta definizione [feminine] (Italian), 高精細度 (kōseisaido) (Japanese), ハイビジョン (Hi-Vision) (Japanese), 고선명 (goseonmyeong) (alt: 高鮮明) (Korean), alta definição [feminine] (Portuguese), высокое разрешение (vysokoje razrešenije) (Russian), alta definición [feminine] (Spanish), yüksek çözünürlük (Turkish)
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  2. (countable) A television or display device displaying images in an enhanced picture quality format or such images. Tags: countable, usually
    Sense id: en-high_definition-en-noun-lXX~cx-R

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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