high-tech
high-tech (also hi-tech) • adj. employing, requiring, or involved in high technology: a high-tech security system. ∎ (chiefly in architecture and interior design) using styles and materials, such as steel, glass, and plastic, that are more usual in industry.• n. (high tech) short for high technology.
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