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soundhead

soundhead is the alternative form 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

Forms of soundhead

pluralsoundheads

Questions about soundhead

What is soundhead the alternative form of?
Soundhead is the alternative form of sound head.

Words near soundhead in the dictionary

  1. soundfonts
  2. soundfront
  3. soundful
  4. soundgasm
  5. soundgasms
  6. soundhead
  7. soundheaded
  8. soundheadedness
  9. soundheads
  10. soundhole
  11. soundholes

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