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HIGH-POWER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does high-power mean?
• HIGH-POWER (adjective)
The adjective HIGH-POWER has 1 sense:
1. vigorously energetic or forceful
Familiarity information: HIGH-POWER used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Vigorously energetic or forceful
Synonyms:
high-energy; high-octane; high-power; high-powered; high-voltage
Context example:
a high-voltage theatrical entrepreneur
Similar:
dynamic; dynamical (characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality)
Context examples
A follicular lymphoma which contains more than 15 centroblasts per 40X high-power microscopic field.
(Grade 3 follicular lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A sterilization process that involves the pulsing of a high-power xenon lamp.
(High Intensity Light or Pulse Light Sterilization, NCI Thesaurus)
A follicular lymphoma which contains 6-15 centroblasts per 40X high-power microscopic field.
(Grade 2 follicular lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A follicular lymphoma which contains up to 5 centroblasts per 40X high-power microscopic field.
(Grade 1 follicular lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)
It is used in high-technology ceramics, electronic heat sinks, electrical insulators, high-power devices, high-density electrical circuits, microwaves, X-ray windows, nuclear reactor fuels and for various aerospace and military applications.
(Beryllium Oxide, NCI Thesaurus)
Grit in a sensitive instrument, or a crack in one of his own high-power lenses, would not be more disturbing than a strong emotion in a nature such as his.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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