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reel-to-reel
[ reel-tuh-reel ]
adjective
- of or relating to an audio sound-equipment system or motion-picture camera or projector through which the tape or film must be threaded onto a take-up reel.
reel-to-reel
adjective
- (of magnetic tape) wound from one reel to another in use
- (of a tape recorder) using magnetic tape wound from one reel to another, as opposed to cassettes
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Word History and Origins
Origin of reel-to-reel1
First recorded in 1960–65
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Example Sentences
He had on the seat between us an enormous reel-to-reel tape recorder.
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