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noun
1.
Also called cassette tape. a compact case containing a length of magnetic tape that runs between two small reels: used for recording or playback in a tape recorder or cassette deck and by some small computer systems to store programs and data. Compare microcassette, minicassette.
2.
an audio cassette or videocassette.
3.
Photography. a lightproof metal or plastic container for a roll of film, having a single spool for supplying and rewinding the film.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a. a plastic container for magnetic tape, as one inserted into a tape deck |
| b. (as modifier): a cassette recorder | |
| 2. | photog another term for cartridge |
| 3. | films a container for film used to facilitate the loading of a camera or projector, esp when the film is used in the form of a loop |
| 4. | the injection of genes from one species into the fertilized egg of another species |
| [C18: from French: little box; see | |
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Cassette
is always a great word to know.
So is prerecord. Does it mean:
| a shot inserted in a film to indicate the passage of time between two scenes, as of a series of newspaper headlines or calendar pages being torn off |
| to record music or sound effects before filming begins, as to facilitate synchronization |
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Word Origin & History
cassette
1793, "little box," from Fr. cassette, from M.Fr. casset, dim. of Norm.-Fr. casse "box" (see case (2)). Meaning "magnetic tape recorder cartridge" is from 1960.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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cassette
in audio and video recording, flat, rectangular container made of plastic or lightweight metal that holds magnetic tape for audio or video recording and replay. A tape cassette is designed so that it can be inserted in a recorder and used immediately; it eliminates the need to thread a portion of the tape manually before starting the recorder. In a cassette the tape begins on a feed reel at one side and moves along guides through the record-playback mechanism, after which it passes on to the take-up reel on the opposite side.
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