Cassette

Cassette
Cassette Cas`sette" Cassette Cas`sette", n. [F., prop., a casket, dim. of casse a case. See 1st {Case}.] 1. Same as {Seggar}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

2. a small case to hold a removable part of some mechanism, designed for convenience in inserting and removing the working part. Most commonly referring to a tape cassette, made mostly of plastic, which holds a reel of magnetic tape for tape players or tape recorders or video cassette recorders. The term may refer, as for tape cassettes, to the integrated case plus tape, or sometimes only to the case itself separate from the contents. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]


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  • cassette — [ kasɛt ] n. f. • 1348; de l a. fr. casse « caisse, coffre » 1 ♦ Vx Petit coffre destiné à ranger de l argent, des bijoux. ⇒ boîte, coffret. La cassette d Harpagon. 2 ♦ Trésor particulier (d un prince). Je prendrai cette somme sur ma cassette… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Cassette — may refer to:*In general, a small cartridge. In practice, there is a large amount of overlap between the two terms, and the term chosen may be somewhat arbitrary.] It may refer specifically to: ** Compact Cassette, a worldwide standard for analog …   Wikipedia

  • cassette — CASSETTE. sub. f. Petit coffre où l on serre ordinairement des choses de conséquence. On lui a pris ses pierreries dans sa cassette. Saisir, ouvrir une cassette. [b]f♛/b] On appelle La cassette du Roi, La somme que le Garde du Trésor Royal porte… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • Cassette — Cas sette Cassette Cas sette , n. [F., prop., a casket, dim. of casse a case. See 1st {Case}.] 1. Same as {Seggar}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. a small case to hold a removable part of some mechanism, designed for convenience in inserting and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cassette — Cassette. sub. fem. Petit coffre où l on serre ordinairement des choses de consequence. On luy a pris ses pierreries dans sa cassette. saisir, ouvrir une cassette …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • cassette — (n.) 1793, little box, from Fr. cassette, from M.Fr. casset, dim. of O.N.Fr. casse box (see CASE (Cf. case) (n.2)). Meaning magnetic tape recorder cartridge is from 1960 …   Etymology dictionary

  • cassette — cassette. См. кассета. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • Cassette — (fr.), 1) Kästchen, bes. Geldkästchen; 2) (lat. Lacunaria), vertiefte, runde, rautenförmige, viereckige Felder, welche in gewölbten Decken bei Bogen, bes. in Kuppeln zur Erleichterung u. zum Schmuck derselben angewendet werden. Sie sind mit… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Cassette — (frz. Cassät), Kästchen, Schatulle. – In der Baukunst vertiefte Felder zur Verzierung von Decken, rund oder eckig, auf dem Grunde gewöhnlich mit Malereien …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • cassette — ► NOUN ▪ a sealed plastic case containing audio tape, videotape, film, etc., for insertion into a recorder, camera, etc. ORIGIN French, little box …   English terms dictionary

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