Definition of cassette Cassette

/kʌsɛˈt/ - [kuset] - cas•sette

We found 8 definitions of cassette from 4 different sources.

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What does cassette mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: cassettes

cassette - a container that holds a magnetic tape used for recording or playing sound or video
  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)
  audiocassette a cassette for audiotape
  cassette tape a cassette that contains magnetic tape
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • cassette (Noun)
    A small flat case containing magnetic tape on two reels, used to record and play back audio and video material.
  • cassette (Noun)
    Any similar small cartridge, such as for a computer disk.
  • cassette (Noun)
    A lightproof container for photographic film.
  • cassette (Noun)
    A modular DNA sequence encoding one or more genes for a single biochemical function.
  • cassette (Noun)
    A set of sprockets mounted onto a splined shaft on the freehub.

Wikipedia Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • A cassette is a small box which is made for putting inside a bigger machine. The cassette holds something that the bigger machine uses. For example, an audio cassette holds tape.

    A cassette is a kind of cartridge. The words have similar meanings.

    There are different kinds of cassettes, but the audio cassette (for music and sounds) is the most common.

    Cassette has a different meaning in genetics.

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