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cassettes - 2 dictionary results

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
cas·sette   (kə-sět', kā-)   
n.  
  1. A small flat case containing two reels and a length of magnetic tape that winds between them, often used in audio and video recorders and players and as a medium for storing data in digital form.
  2. A lightproof cartridge containing photographic film or plates, used in specially designed cameras.
  3. A cartridge for holding and winding typewriter or printer ribbon while in the machine.

[French, small box, from Old French, diminutive of Norman French casse, case; see case2.]
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