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cassette tape

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cas⋅sette

[kuh-set, ka-]
–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.

Origin:
1955–60; < F, equiv. to casse box (see case 2 ) + -ette -ette
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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.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: cas·sette
Variant: also ca·sette /k&-'set, ka-/
Function: noun
1 : a lightproof magazine for holdingfilm or plates for use in a camera; specifically : one for holding the intensifying screens and film in X-ray photography
2 : a small plastic cartridge containingmagnetic tape with the tape on one reel passing to the other
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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