tape deck

tape deck

n. A tape recorder and player having no built-in amplifiers or speakers, used as a component in an audio system.

tape deck

n 1. (Electronics) a tape recording unit in a hi-fi system 2. (Electronics) the platform supporting the spools, cassettes, or cartridges of a tape recorder, incorporating the motor or motors that drive them and the playback, recording, and erasing heads Sometimes shortened to: deck

tape′ deck`

n. a component of an audio system for playing tapes, using an external amplifier and speakers. [1955–60]

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tape deck - electronic equipment for making or playing magnetic tapes (but without amplifiers or speakers); a component in an audio systemaudio system, sound system - a system of electronic equipment for recording or reproducing soundcassette deck - a tape deck for playing and recording cassette tapeselectronic equipment - equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor)tape drive, tape transport, transport - a mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder

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