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highest-time

highest-time is the superlative 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 highest-time

What is highest-time the superlative form of?
Highest-time is the superlative form of high-time.

Words near highest-time in the dictionary

  1. highest-risk
  2. highest-seeded
  3. highest-speed
  4. highest-status
  5. highest-strung
  6. highest-time
  7. highest-value
  8. highest-velocity
  9. Highet
  10. Highett
  11. highfalooting

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