cassette

(kə-sĕt', kă-)
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.]

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Recording tape threaded on two reels and self-contained inside a compact closed plastic case. There are two kinds, audio and video. The cassette functions as a recording or playback unit when placed in a cassette recorder or player. Advertising agencies, creative personnel (such as artists or photographers), or production companies will often store copies of commercials in which they have participated, or which they have created and produced, on videocassettes. These can be shown to prospective clients with relative ease.

Easy-to-hold reel of magnetic tape enclosed in a plastic case.
Audiocassettes are used for music and voice recordings, while videocassettes can store moving pictures as well as sound.
Microcassettes are used in some dictation and telephone-answering devices, though they have largely been supplanted by digital recording techniques.

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an informal name given to a functional segment of DNA, for example a dominant selectable marker such as neo^R under the control of an appropriate promoter. Cassettes may be used in making DNA constructs such as plasmids. Naturally occurring cassettes include those involved in mating type switching in yeasts.

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1. a light-proof housing for x-ray film, containing front and back intensifying screens, between which the film is placed and held during exposure. Although it is usual to have two screens, there may be only one where there is a special need for a high detail picture.
2. a magazine for film or magnetic tape.

• c. grid — composed of alternating strips of lead and radiotranslucent material such as aluminum. Placed on top of the cassette it permits the passage only of the x-rays that are passing directly to the film. Scattered rays are absorbed by the lead and this reduces the effect of scatter on the film and provides a more clearcut image.
• c. holder — a radiolucent holder, into which the cassette fits, is on a long handle permitting the person holding the cassette to stay well clear of the x-ray beam.
• c. tunnel — a device which enables the operator to pass a number of cassettes past the x-ray beam and the grid without the need to open and reload cassettes.

(kəset′)
n

A light, tight container in which x-ray films are placed for exposure to x-rays; usually backed with lead to eliminate the effect of backscattered radiation.

For a list of words related to cassette, see:

• Memory and Data Storage - cassette: cartridgelike tape storage device using 1/8 inch (3.2 mm) tape
• Sound Reproduction Technology - cassette: small, enclosed tape cartridge

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Common misspelling(s) of cassette

• casette

Dansk (Danish)
n. - kassette, gengruppe

idioms:

• cassette player    kassetteafspiller
• cassette recorder    kassettebåndoptager

Nederlands (Dutch)
cassette, cassetteband

Français (French)
n. - (Audio, Vidéo) cassette

idioms:

• cassette player    lecteur de cassettes
• cassette recorder    magnétophone à cassettes

Deutsch (German)
n. - Kassette

idioms:

• cassette player    Kassettenrecorder
• cassette recorder    Kassettenrecorder

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κασέτα

idioms:

• cassette player    κασετόφωνο
• cassette recorder    κασετόφωνο, μονάδα εγγραφής και ανάγνωσης κασετών

Italiano (Italian)
cassetta

idioms:

• cassette player/recorder    mangiacassette/registratore

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cassete (m)

idioms:

• cassette player/recorder    videocassete (m), gravador (m) de cassete

Русский (Russian)
кассета

idioms:

• cassette player/recorder    кассетный магнитофон

Español (Spanish)
n. - casete

idioms:

• cassette player    pasacasete
• cassette recorder    grabadora

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kassett, kassettbandspelare

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
卡带, 暗盒, 珠宝箱

idioms:

• cassette player    卡式播放机
• cassette recorder    卡式录音机

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 卡帶, 暗盒, 珠寶箱

idioms:

• cassette player    卡式播放機
• cassette recorder    卡式錄音機

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 필름통, 카세트

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - カセット, パトローネ, カートリッジ

idioms:

• cassette player/recorder    カセットプレイヤー/レコーダー

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الكاسيت, حامله شريط المسجل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קלטת, קסטה‬

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