hi-tech

From hi (adjective) +‎ tech.

• IPA^(key): /haɪ tɛk/, [haɪ̯ tʰɛk]

hi-tech (uncountable)

1. Clipping of high technology.

hi-tech

1. (informal) Of, or using high technology.
   • 2011, Mick Herron, Slow Horses:

     River hadn't laid eyes on Hobden before, but this had to be him: average height, thinning brownish hair, look of terror as he turned to face this new intrusion even while crushed in an arm-lock by the previous invader, the achiever—except this wasn't an achiever: he was blackclad, wore a balaclava, had a utility belt round his waist, but the ensemble lacked the hi-tech tailoring of the genuine article.

   • 2013 June 22, “T time”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 68:

     The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them, which is then licensed to related businesses in high-tax countries, is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.

• high-tech

• low-tech

• high tech

< English hi-tech

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑi̯tek/, [ˈhɑ̝i̯t̪e̞k]
• Rhymes: -ɑitek

hi-tech

1. high technology

   Synonym: korkea teknologia

2. (as modifier in compound terms) hi-tech

   Synonym: korkean teknologian

   hi-tech-teollisuus ― hi-tech industry

• “hi-tech”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023