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high-time

high-time adjective: having been in use for a (relatively) long time or a large number of operating cycles; nearing retirement or replacement age.

Adjective

high-time (comparative higher-time, superlative highest-time)

  1. (especially) Having been in use for a (relatively) long time or a large number of operating cycles; nearing retirement or replacement age.
    • Boeing and the FAA conducted additional tests and research to further investigate why the rivets failed and what the possible repercussions of such a failure would be, including metallurgical examination of high-time bellcranks, material properties testing on old and new bellcranks, review of...2002 March 13, National Transportation Safety Board, “767 Bellcrank Anomalies”, in Aircraft Accident Brief: EgyptAir Flight 990, Boeing 767-366ER, SU-GAP, 60 Miles South of Nantucket, Massachusetts...

Forms of high-time

comparativehigher-time
superlativehighest-time

Questions about high-time

What does high-time mean?
High-time means having been in use for a (relatively) long time or a large number of operating cycles; nearing retirement or replacement age.
What part of speech is high-time?
High-time is an adjective.

Words near high-time in the dictionary

  1. high-test peroxide
  2. high-test peroxides
  3. high-ticket
  4. high-tide
  5. high-tides
  6. high-time
  7. high-toned
  8. high-top
  9. high-top fade
  10. high-tops
  11. high-touch

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