high definition

English

Alternative forms

• high-definition

Noun

high definition (usually uncountable, plural high definitions)

1. (uncountable) Enhanced picture quality on a TV or any other display.
2. (countable) A television or display device displaying images in an enhanced picture quality format or such images.

Synonyms

• HD

Derived terms

• high-definition television

Related terms

• HDTV, HD DVD (HD-DVD), UHD

Translations

enhanced picture quality

• Catalan: alta definició f
• Estonian: kõrglahutusega
• Finnish: teräväpiirto (fi)
• French: haute définition f
• Galician: alta definición f
• Italian: alta definizione f
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• Japanese: ハイビジョン (Hi-Vision)
• Portuguese: alta definição f
• Russian: высокое разрешение (vysokoje razrešenije)
• Spanish: alta definición f
• Turkish: yüksek çözünürlük

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• Irish: ^{(please verify)} ardghléine m
• Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 高清 (zh) (gāoqīng)
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• (deprecated template usage) Welsh: 1. Television: clirlun 2. General: croyw