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audiotape

audiotape noun: a magnetic tape that stores analog sound for later playback on a tape player.

audiotape: a magnetic tape that stores analog sound for later playback on a tape player
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Noun

audiotape (plural audiotapes)

  1. A magnetic tape that stores analog sound for later playback on a tape player.
    • I thought of an old ad for Memorex audiotape. It showed a crystal glass being shattered by sound vibrations. By pure harmonics.2012, Stephen King, 11/22/63, page 799
  2. Any of a cassette tape, eight-track tape, reel-to-reel tape, DAT, etc.

Verb

audiotape (third-person singular simple present audiotapes, present participle audiotaping, simple past and past participle audiotaped)

  1. (transitive) To record onto audiotape.

audiotape meaning in Vietnamese

audiotape in Vietnamese

magnetic tape that stores analog sound
băng ghi âm, băng thu âm
to record onto audiotape
ghi âm, thu âm

Forms of audiotape

Noun
pluralaudiotapes
alternative formaudio tape
Verb
third-person singular presentaudiotapes
present participleaudiotaping
past participleaudiotaped
pastaudiotaped

Origin of audiotape

From audio + tape.

Questions about audiotape

What does audiotape mean?
Audiotape means a magnetic tape that stores analog sound for later playback on a tape player.
What is audiotape in Vietnamese?
Audiotape in Vietnamese is băng ghi âm, băng thu âm, ghi âm. See Audiotape meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is audiotape?
Audiotape can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of audiotape?
The plural of audiotape is audiotapes.

Words near audiotape in the dictionary

  1. audiospectrographic
  2. audiospectrographs
  3. audiospectrography
  4. audiospinal
  5. audiotactile
  6. audiotape
  7. audiotaped
  8. audiotapes
  9. audiotaping
  10. audiotext
  11. audiotexts

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