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high

1. Music (of sound) acute in pitch; having a high frequency

2. Geography (of latitudes) situated relatively far north or south from the equator

3. Informal being in a state of altered consciousness, characterized esp by euphoria and often induced by the use of alcohol, narcotics, etc.

4. (of a gear) providing a relatively great forward speed for a given engine speed

5. of or relating to the High Church

6. Cards

a. having a relatively great value in a suit

b. able to win a trick

7. Informal a state of altered consciousness, often induced by alcohol, narcotics, etc.

8. another word for anticyclone

9. short for high school

10. (esp in Oxford) the High Street

11. Electronics the voltage level in a logic circuit corresponding to logical one

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high [hī]

(meteorology)

An area of high pressure, referring to a maximum of atmospheric pressure in two dimensions (closed isobars) in the synoptic surface chart, or a maximum of height (closed contours) in the constant-pressure chart; since a high is, on the synoptic chart, always associated with anticyclonic circulation, the term is used interchangeably with anticyclone.