cas·sette

(kə-sĕt′, kă-)

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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cassette

(kæˈsɛt)

1. (Electronics)

a. a plastic container for magnetic tape, as one inserted into a tape deck

b. (as modifier): a cassette recorder.

2. (Photography) photog another term for cartridge⁵

3. (Film) 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. (Genetics) the injection of genes from one species into the fertilized egg of another species

[C18: from French: little box; see case²]

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cas•sette

(kəˈsɛt, kæ-)

n.

1. a plastic case in which audiotape or videotape runs between two reels for use in recording or playing back.

2. a lightproof container for a roll of photographic film, having a single spool for supplying and rewinding the film.

[1955–60; < French, =casse box (see case²) + -ette -ette]

cassette

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.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

cassette - 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

عُلْبَةُ شَريط تَسْجيل أو فيلمكَاسِيت

kazetakazetový

kassette

Kassette Tonbandkassette Filmkassette

κασέτα βιντεοκασέτα

casete cassette

kasetti

cassette coffret

kazeta

snælda, kassetta

cassetta caricatore da 35mm

カセット

카세트

kasečių grotuvaskasetinis magnetofonas

kasete

kazetový

kaseta

kassett

ตลับเทป

kaset

băng cassette

盒式磁带盒式录音带

cassette

[kæˈset]

A. N → casette m, cassette m

B. CPD cassette deck N → platina f, pletina f
cassette player N → casette m, cassette m
cassette recorder N → casette m, cassette m
cassette tape N = cassette

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

cassette

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

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

cassette

n → Kassette f

cassette

cassette deck

n → Kassettendeck nt

cassette player, cassette recorder

n → Kassettenrekorder m

cassette tape

n → Kassette f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

cassette

[kæˈsɛt] n → cassetta

cassette

(kəˈset) noun

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.

cassette player noun

an electrical machine for playing cassettes.

cassette

→ كَاسِيت 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 cassette 盒式磁带

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