English Explanatory Dictionary

high definition

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Enhanced picture quality on a TV or any other display.
  2. 720p, 1080i or 1080p, where lower resolutions are standard definition and higher resolutions are ultra-high definition.
  3. A television or display device displaying images in an enhanced picture quality format or such images.

Word forms

high definition high definitions high-definition

Synonyms

HD

Related words

HD-DVD HD DVD HDTV

Derived words

high-definition television

Translations

Catalan: alta definició Chinese Mandarin: 高淸 Chinese Mandarin: 高畫質 /高画质 Estonian: kõrglahutusega Finnish: teräväpiirto French: haute définition Galician: alta definición Italian: alta definizione Japanese: 高精細度 Japanese: ハイビジョン Korean: 고선명 Portuguese: alta definição Russian: высокое разрешение Spanish: alta definición Turkish: yüksek çözünürlük
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