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sepmag

sepmag adjective: having a separately magnetically recorded soundtrack running concurrently with the film footage.

Adjective

sepmag (not comparable)

  1. (dated) Having a separately magnetically recorded soundtrack running concurrently with the film footage.
    • At the appropriate distances (28, 26 and 20 frames) ahead of the JOIN PICTURE HERE line there are rows of squares, circles and triangles which indicate the correct splicing points for 16-mm sepmag, 16-mm sepopt and […]1968, D. J. Corbett, Motion Picture and Television Film, page 64
    • Sound for these two telecines is reproduced from conventional sepmag tape machines.1970, BBC Engineering, numbers 81-88, page 13
    Synonyms:
    double-headed

Synonyms of sepmag

Origin of sepmag

Clipping of separate magnetic (“from the magnetic tape used for recording”).

Questions about sepmag

What does sepmag mean?
Sepmag means having a separately magnetically recorded soundtrack running concurrently with the film footage.
What part of speech is sepmag?
Sepmag is an adjective.

Words near sepmag in the dictionary

  1. sepiolite
  2. sepiolites
  3. sepiostaire
  4. sepiostaires
  5. sepium
  6. sepmag
  7. sepn.
  8. sepometer
  9. sepometers
  10. sepon
  11. seponate

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