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cassette
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cas·sette  (k-st, k-)
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.]

cassette [kæˈsɛt]
n
1. (Electronics)
a.  a plastic container for magnetic tape, as one inserted into a tape deck
b.  (as modifier) a cassette recorder
2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) Photog another term for cartridge [5]
3. (Performing Arts) 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. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Genetics) the injection of genes from one species into the fertilized egg of another species
[from French: little box; see case2]

In photography, a reloadable container for either unexposed or exposed sensitized materials which may be removed from the camera or darkroom equipment under lightened conditions.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cassettecassette - a container that holds a magnetic tape used for recording or playing sound or video
audiocassette - a cassette for audiotape
cassette tape - a cassette that contains magnetic tape
container - any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
videocassette - a cassette for videotape
Translations
cassette [kæˈset]
A. Ncasette m, cassette m
B. CPD cassette deck Nplatina f, pletina f
cassette player Ncasette m, cassette m
cassette recorder Ncasette m, cassette m
cassette tape N = cassette

cassette [kəˈsɛt] n (audio, video)cassette f
cassette deck n (= cassette player) → lecteur m de cassettes; [hi-fi system] → platine f cassettes
cassette player nlecteur m de cassettes
cassette recorder nmagnétophone m à cassettes
cassette tape ncassette f

cassette
nKassette f

cassette:
cassette deck
nKassettendeck nt
cassette player, cassette recorder
cassette tape
nKassette f

cassette [kæˈsɛt] ncassetta
cassette [kæˈsɛt] ncassetta

cassette
n cassette [kəˈset]
a plastic container holding photographic film or magnetic tape I've put a new cassette in my camera; I bought a cassette of Scottish music; (also adjective ) a cassette recorder. kasset عُلْبَةُ شَريط تَسْجيل أو فيلم касета kazeta, kazetový kassette die (Film-, Tonband-, Fernseh-)Kassette κασέτα casete kassett کاست؛ نوار ویدئو kasetti cassette קָלֶטֶת कैसेट kazeta kazetta kaset snælda, kassetta cassetta カセット 카세트 kasetė kasete kaset cassette kassett, filmrull kaseta cassette cu casete) кассета kazeta; kazetový kaseta kaseta kassett ตลับเทป kaset 底片盒,磁帶盒 касета فلم یا ریکارڈنگ کی ٹیپ والی پلاسٹک کی ڈبیہ cát xét ,磁带
n casˈsette ˌplayer
an electrical machine for playing cassettes. kassetspeler جِهازُ تَسْجيل касетофон kazetový přehrávač båndoptager Kassettenabspielgerät κασετόφωνο casete kassettmakk ضبط صوت lecteur de cassettes טֵייפ कैसेट प्लेयर kazetofon lejátszómagnó mesin pemutar kaset mangiacassette カセットプレーヤー 카세트 플레이어 kasečių grotuvas, kasetinis magnetofonas kasešu atskaņotājs pemain kaset cassetterecorder kassettspiller odtwarzacz kasetowy (кассетный) плеер kazetový prehrávač kasetofon kasetofon kassett[]spelare เครื่องเล่นเทป kaset (çalıcı) 卡帶播放機 касетний програвач کیسیٹ چلانے والی مشین máy ghi âm cát xét

cassette كاسيت kazeta kassette Kassette κασέτα casete kasetti cassette kazeta cassetta カセット 카세트 cassette kassett kaseta cassete, fita cassete кассета kassett ตลับเทป kaset băng cátxét 盒式磁带


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