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Definition of Cassette

1. Noun. A container that holds a magnetic tape used for recording or playing sound or video.

Definition of Cassette

1. n. Same as Seggar.

Definition of Cassette

1. Noun. A small flat case containing magnetic tape on two reels, used to record and play back audio and video material. ¹

2. Noun. Any similar small cartridge, such as for a computer disk. ¹

3. Noun. (photography) A lightproof container for photographic film. ¹

4. Noun. (genetics) A modular DNA sequence encoding one or more genes for a single biochemical function. ¹

5. Noun. A set of sprockets mounted onto a splined shaft on the freehub. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cassette

1. a small case containing audiotape or videotape [n -S]

Medical Definition of Cassette

1. A pre existing structure into which an insert can be moved. Fashionably used to refer to certain vectors. See: cassette mechanism. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Literary usage of Cassette

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Niosh Manual of Analytical Methods: Sampling and Analytical Methods for ...edited by Peter M. Eller edited by Peter M. Eller (1994)
"Place a cellulose shrink band around the filter cassette, allow to dry and mark ... Wipe dust from the external surface of the filter cassette with a moist ..."

2. Autobiography, a Collection of the Most Instructive and Amusing Lives Ever (1829)
"... at his house—I pass for a fugitive galley-slave—1 engage in a plot against myself—1 wait tor myself at my own d«or—A robbery in the Rue cassette—Great ..."

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