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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cas•sette /kəˈsɛt, kæ-/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Sound Reproductiona plastic case in which audiotape or videotape runs between two reels for recording or playing back.
- Photographya container for a roll of photographic film.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cas•sette (kə set′, ka-),USA pronunciation n. - Sound ReproductionAlso called cassette′ tape′. a compact case containing a length of magnetic tape that runs between two small reels: used for recording or playback in a tape recorder or cassette deck and by some small computer systems to store programs and data. Cf. microcassette, minicassette.
- Radio and Television, Sound Reproductionan audio cassette or videocassette.
- Photographya lightproof metal or plastic container for a roll of film, having a single spool for supplying and rewinding the film.
- French, equivalent. to casse box (see case2) + -ette -ette
- 1955–60
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cassette /kæˈsɛt/ n - a plastic container for magnetic tape, as one inserted into a tape deck
- (as modifier): a cassette recorder
- another term for cartridge
- the injection of genes from one species into the fertilized egg of another species
Etymology: 18th Century: from French: little box; see case² |