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sound heads

sound heads is the plural of sound head.

Meaning of sound head

Noun

sound head (plural sound heads)

  1. A component of a film projector or similar device that reads or writes audio signals in electromagnetic form.
    • On the exhibition end, most of the sound heads in use at present slide the film past a stationary sound gate with the result that irregularities in the friction of the film against the gate produce a flutter. As a result of film shrinkage, only one pair of teeth in the pulling sprocket made contact...1916, Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Journal of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, page 188

Questions about sound heads

What is sound heads the plural of?
Sound heads is the plural of sound head.

Words near sound heads in the dictionary

  1. sound engineering
  2. sound engineers
  3. sound film
  4. sound films
  5. sound head
  6. sound heads
  7. sound hole
  8. sound holes
  9. sound isolation
  10. sound law
  11. sound laws

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