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sound-on-film

sound-on-film noun: a class of sound film processes where the sound accompanying a picture is recorded on photographic film, usually the same strip of film that carries the picture.

Noun

sound-on-film (uncountable)

  1. A class of sound film processes where the sound accompanying a picture is recorded on photographic film, usually the same strip of film that carries the picture.

Questions about sound-on-film

What does sound-on-film mean?
Sound-on-film means a class of sound film processes where the sound accompanying a picture is recorded on photographic film, usually the same strip of film that carries the picture.
What part of speech is sound-on-film?
Sound-on-film is a noun.

Words near sound-on-film in the dictionary

  1. sound walls
  2. sound wave
  3. sound waves
  4. sound-alike
  5. sound-alikes
  6. sound-on-film
  7. sound-symbolic
  8. sound-track
  9. sound-tracked
  10. sound-tracking
  11. sound-tracks

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