Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun 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.
- noun A lightproof cartridge containing photographic film or plates, used in specially designed cameras.
- noun A cartridge for holding and winding typewriter or printer ribbon while in the machine.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the manufacture of chinaware, a utensil made of potters' clay with sand, in which the ware is baked. It is usually round, with a flat bottom. Also called
coffin . - noun In photography, a flat box holding one or two plates which are to be exposed in a camera; a plate-holder.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
seggar . - noun a small case to hold a removable part of some mechanism, designed for convenience in inserting and removing the working part. Most commonly referring to a tape cassette, made mostly of plastic, which holds a reel of magnetic tape for tape players or tape recorders or video cassette recorders. The term may refer, as for tape cassettes, to the integrated case plus tape, or sometimes only to the case itself separate from the contents.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A small flat case containing
magnetic tape on tworeels , used torecord andplay back audio andvideo material. - noun Any similar small
cartridge , such as for a computer disk. - noun photography A lightproof container for photographic
film . - noun genetics A
modular DNAsequence encoding one or more genes for a single biochemical function. - noun A set of
sprockets mounted onto asplined shaft on thefreehub .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a container that holds a magnetic tape used for recording or playing sound or video
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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The Oxford English Dictionary says it is removing the term "cassette player" from its Concise dictionary.
Miss the Hiss? Fanatics Flip for Tunes on Cassette Tapes Lauren Rudser 2011
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In two somewhat-related news articles last week, the cassette is being brought back by people who are interpreting it as an art project, and classic vinyl album covers are being issued as stamps.
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This morning I pulled out the cassette from the player to find out that a lengthy section of the tape had come out.
Archive 2009-05-01 AYDIN 2009
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Later, he got books on cassette from the Library for the Blind.
Valerie Tarico: Worshipping the Written Word Valerie Tarico 2010
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In two somewhat-related news articles last week, the cassette is being brought back by people who are interpreting it as an art project, and classic vinyl album covers are being issued as stamps.
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"Last year, 85 million kronor (about 1$3,925,760 at the time of writing) in cassette compensation was collected and redistributed by the copyright organisation Copyswede," says The Local.
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The library has long offered a large collection of audiobooks in cassette and CD formats, but this marks its first foray into digital audio technology.
E-Audiobooks--from Emily Bronte to Dr. Phil--Now Available Free from the Los Angeles Public Library (Overdrive.com press release) Grace Lee 2005
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The library has long offered a large collection of audiobooks in cassette and CD formats, but this marks its first foray into digital audio technology.
Archive 2005-08-01 Grace Lee 2005
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You can get better quality by recording to cassette from the radio, oftentimes.
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Nirvana - Nevermind -- the cassette is still in the huge box of cassettes I rarely touch
Paranoia Will Destroy Ya alienne 2002
alexz commented on the word cassette
in cycling, it's a group of sprockets mounted on the rear wheel. This is a removable part which can be exchanged for one with a different set of gear ratios.
January 12, 2013