high fidelity

noun

Etymology

From the idea of strong lifelikeness, being very much true to life, a faithful reproduction of the original sounds that were recorded, with very little loss of information.

Definitions

  1. The electronic reproduction of a given sound or image with relatively high accuracy.

    • 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.

    • AFTER 500 PLAYS OUR HIGH FIDELITY TAPE STILL DELIVERS HIGH FIDELITY
  3. Characterized by minimal distortion.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for high fidelity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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