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car⋅tridge
[kahr-trij] 
–noun
| 1. | Also called cartouche. a cylindrical case of pasteboard, metal, or the like, for holding a complete charge of powder, and often also the bullet or the shot for a rifle, machine gun, or other small arm. |
| 2. | a case containing any explosive charge, as for blasting. |
| 3. | any small container for powder, liquid, or gas, made for ready insertion into some device or mechanism: an ink cartridge for a pen. |
| 4. | Also called magazine. Photography. a lightproof metal or plastic container for a roll of film, usually containing both the supply and take-up spools, as well as a pressure plate, for rapid loading without the necessity of threading the film. |
| 5. | Audio. pickup (def. 8). |
| 6. | a flat, compact container enclosing an endless loop of audiotape, operated by inserting into a slot in a player. |
pick⋅up
[pik-uhp] –noun
| 1. | an improvement, as in health, business conditions, work, production, etc. |
| 2. | Informal. pick-me-up. |
| 3. | Informal. a casual, usually unintroduced acquaintance, often one made in hope of a sexual relationship. |
| 4. | an instance of stopping for or taking aboard passengers or freight, as by a train, ship, taxicab, etc., esp. an instance of taking freight or a shipment of goods onto a truck. |
| 5. | the person, freight, or shipment so taken aboard: The cab driver had a pickup at the airport who wanted to be driven to the docks. |
| 6. | Automotive.
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| 7. | Baseball. the act of fielding a ball after it hits the ground. |
| 8. | Also called cartridge. a small device attached to the end of a phonograph tone arm that contains a stylus and the mechanism that translates the movement of the stylus in a record groove into a changing electrical voltage. |
| 9. | Radio.
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| 10. | Television.
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| 11. | a hitchhiker. |
| 12. | Metalworking. (in the cold-drawing of metal) the adhesion of particles of the metal to the die or plug. |
–adjective
| 13. | composed of or employing whatever persons are available on a more or less impromptu basis: a pickup game of baseball; a pickup dance band. |
| 14. | using whatever ingredients are handy or available: a Sunday night pickup supper. |
Origin:
1855–60; n. use of v. phrase pick up
1855–60; n. use of v. phrase pick up
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| car·tridge (kär'trĭj) n.
[Alteration of earlier cartage, alteration of French cartouche, from Italian cartuccio, variant of cartoccio, roll of paper; see cartouche.] |
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Cartridge
Car"tridge\ (k[aum]r"tr[i^]j), n. [Formerly cartrage, corrupted fr. F. cartouche. See Cartouch.] (Mil.) A complete charge for a firearm, contained in, or held together by, a case, capsule, or shell of metal, pasteboard, or other material. Ball cartridge, a cartridge containing a projectile. Blank cartridge, a cartridge without a projectile. Center-fire cartridge, a cartridge in which the fulminate occupies an axial position usually in the center of the base of the capsule, instead of being contained in its rim. In the Prussian needle gun the fulminate is applied to the middle of the base of the bullet. Rim-fire cartridge, a cartridge in which the fulminate is contained in a rim surrounding its base. Cartridge bag, a bag of woolen cloth, to hold a charge for a cannon. Cartridge belt, a belt having pockets for cartridges. Cartridge box, a case, usually of leather, attached to a belt or strap, for holding cartridges. Cartridge paper. (a) A thick stout paper for inclosing cartridges. (b) A rough tinted paper used for covering walls, and also for making drawings upon.
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Language Translation for : cartridge
Spanish:
cartucho,
German:
die Patrone,
Japanese:
弾薬筒
cartridge
1579, corruption of Fr. cartouche "a full charge for a pistol," from It. cartoccio "roll of paper," an augmentive form of M.L. carta "paper" (see card (n.)). The notion is of a roll of paper containing a charge for a firearm.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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cartridge
in weaponry, unit of small-arms ammunition, composed of a metal (usually brass) case, a propellant charge, a projectile or bullet, and a primer. The first cartridges, appearing in the second half of the 16th century, consisted merely of charges of powder wrapped in paper; the ball was loaded separately. During the next century, methods of including the ball with the powder were devised. In muzzle-loading a musket, the soldier bit off the end of the paper cartridge, poured a small amount of the powder into the firing pan, poured the rest down the barrel, and rammed the ball and paper down after it.
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