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higher-time

higher-time is the comparative form of high-time.

Meaning of high-time

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...

Questions about higher-time

What is higher-time the comparative form of?
Higher-time is the comparative form of high-time.

Words near higher-time in the dictionary

  1. higher-seeded
  2. higher-speed
  3. higher-speed rail
  4. higher-status
  5. higher-strung
  6. higher-time
  7. higher-up
  8. higher-ups
  9. higher-value
  10. higher-velocity
  11. higherarchies

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