Cassette

Definition: Cassette

Cassette

Noun

1. A container that holds a magnetic tape used for recording or playing sound or video.

Date "cassette" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1844. (references)

Etymology: Cassette \Cas`sette"\, noun. [French expression, prop., casket, diminutive of casse case. See lst Case.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: Cassette

Domain	Definitions
Computing	A magnetic tape housing, that contains a tape of reduced width as well as the supply reel, the take-up reel, in a head pressure pad and a slot in the capstan drive. Source: European Union. (references)
Electrical Engineering	The device composed of a case containing two coplanar or super-imposed hubs or reels on which a magnetic tape is wound, so that the tape can move from hub or reel to hub or reel during recording, reproduction, a fast forward movement or rewinding. Source: European Union. (references)
Military	In photography, a reloadable container for either unexposed or exposed sensitized materials which may be removed from the camera or darkroom equipment under lightened conditions. (references)
Nuclear Energy & Physics	A container with a cover transparent to roentgen rays and opaque to ordinary light, in which the film used for radiography is enclosed. Source: European Union. (references)
Physics	Light-tight receptacle with a radiotransparent front cover, intended to house one or more stationary radiographic films, usually with one or more intensifying screens. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: Cassette

English words defined with "cassette": album, audiocassette ♦ cassette deck, cassette player, cassette recorder, cassette tape ♦ Goldmark ♦ Peter Carl Goldmark, Peter Goldmark ♦ record album ♦ videocassette. (references)

Specialty definitions using "cassette": cam-corder, camrecorder, cartridge loader, cassette tape holder ♦ DCC, DCRsi, diagnostic cardiac sonographe, DIFFUSION FURNACE OPERATOR, SEMICONDUCTOR WAFERS, Digital Audio Tape ♦ ECHOCARDIOGRAPH TECHNICIAN ♦ flip-over cassette, floppy-disk track ♦ HOLTER SCANNING TECHNICIAN, holter technicia ♦ industrial robot operator ♦ j-card ♦ magnetic tape cassette, MAGNETIC-TAPE WINDER, MPEG-1 audio layer 1 ♦ Perceptional Adaptive Subband Coding, Personal Air Samples ♦ radiographic cassette, radiographic device, ROBOTIC MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ STITCHER, TAPE-CONTROLLED MACHINE ♦ TYPE-PROOF REPRODUCER ♦ VHS, video cassette, Video Cassette Recorder, videotape cassette ♦ X-Ray Intensifying Screens ♦ ZX Spectrum. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Cassette" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (cassette), French (cassette, tape, treasure), German (cassette), Spanish (audiocassette, cassette).

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Modern Usage: Cassette

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

La Cassette de l'émigrée (1912)

The Kenny Everett Video Cassette (1981)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Cassette

Domain	Title
References	The 2001 Report on Portable Cassette Recorders: World Market Segmentation by City (reference) The 2001 Long-Run Global Growth Prospects for Portable Cassette Recorders: A Physioeconomic Perspective (reference) The 2000-2005 Outlook for Portable Cassette Recorders in Asia (reference) The 2003-2008 World Outlook for Video Cassette Recorders (vcrs) (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Frog and Toad Are Friends (An I Can Read Book & Cassette) (reference) Little Bear's Visit (An I Can Read Book & Cassette) (reference) The Best American Mystery Stories 2002 Audio Cassette (The Best American Series (TM)) [ABRIDGED] (reference) The Cat in the Hat (Beginner Book and Cassette Library/1-Audio Cassette) (reference) Trouble for Thomas and Other Stories (Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends Book and Cassette Series) (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Corporate Counsel Lawcast - Audio Cassette (reference) Ascrs Film Festival Winners - Video Cassette (reference) Mome - 1st Level French - Audio Cassette (reference) Adweeks Best Spots Of The Month - Video Cassette (reference) Brain Exchange - Audio Cassette (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Big Comfy Couch:Patience Molly/Squeak with The Big Comfy Couch Sing Along Songs cassette (reference) Murder of Mary Phagan/Double Cassette (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Karl Haas' The Story of the Bells - cassette (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Sima VHS-C Cassette Adapter (SCA) (reference) Sony V8-25CLD Camcorder Cleaning Cassette 8mm (reference) LEARN2.COM Learning Excel 2000 Immediate (VHS Cassette) (reference) WebSphere Payment Manager Cassette for Visanet 2.2 Program Pack (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods	Freud BS71M030 1-1/4" to 30mm Bushing Set for Freud Cassette 65 Shaper Cutters (reference) Freud CS71MBA3 Cassette 65 Molding Cutter Shaper Set - 1-1/4" Bore (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Cassette

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Sounds Captioned with "Cassette".

Play	Caption
	Rewind; audio tape; cassette tape; reel to reel; rewinding; rewound.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Cassette

Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	Iran	Cassette tapes, printed material, personal correspondence, and photographs are subject to confiscation. (references)
	Egypt	The Ministry of Culture also censors foreign films that are to be shown in theaters, but it is more lenient when the same films are released in video cassette format. (references)
Political Economy	BELGIUM	Nevertheless, according to industry sources, an estimated 20 percent of Belgium's video cassette and compact disc markets are composed of pirated products, causing a $200 million loss to the producers. (references)
Trade	Singapore	Under the Consumer Protection (Safety Requirements) Regulations of 1991, 17 products (LPG systems, cooking ranges, electric irons, gas cookers, hair dryers, microwave ovens, televisions, video display units, video cassette recorders, table fans, high-fidelity equipment, immersion water heaters, kettles, refrigerators, rice cookers, room air-conditioners, vacuum cleaners and washing machines) which are potentially hazardous to consumers must be registered and declared safe before they can be sold in Singapore. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Cassette

"Cassette" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.43% of the time. "Cassette" is used about 697 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	99.43%	693	9,601
Noun (proper)	0.29%	2	245,945
Noun (common)	0.29%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	697	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Cassette

The following table summarizes the usage of "cassette" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Cassette	Last name	1,000	17,411
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Cassette

Expressions using "cassette": audio cassette ♦ cassette deck ♦ cassette library ♦ cassette player ♦ cassette radio ♦ cassette recorder ♦ cassette recording ♦ cassette tape ♦ cassette tape holder ♦ film cassette ♦ magnetic tape cassette ♦ prerecorded cassette ♦ radiographic cassette ♦ video cassette ♦ Video Cassette Recorder ♦ videotape cassette. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "cassette": cassette-filled, cassette-in, cassette-only, cassette-player, cassette-radio, cassette-recorder, cassette-recorders, cassette-recording, cassette-sized, cassette-tape, cassette-tapes, cassette-type.
	Ending with "cassette": audio-cassette, radio-cassette.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Cassette

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
cassette deck	1,361	blank cassette tape	28
cassette player	468	cassette storage	28
cassette	342	cassette case	25
cassette recorder	170	cassette tape recorder	25
cassette tape	120	cassette album	23
audio cassette	91	cd cassette adapter	22
cd cassette	75	transfer cassette to cd	22
video cassette	61	radio cd cassette player	22
cassette duplicator	57	audio cassette storage	21
music cassette	56	book on cassette	21
audio cassette duplication	49	copy cassette to cd	21
blank cassette	48	video cassette storage	20
cassette de gostem grandes mulheres que	47	cassette label	20
portable cassette player	37	blank audio cassette	20
cassette adapter	37	mini cassette recorder	19
cassette duplication	34	audio cassette tape	19
air cassette conditioning	31	portable cassette recorder	19
music cassette tape	30	car cassette player	19
cd and cassette player	29	micro cassette recorder	19
mini dv cassette	28	cd cassette recorder	18
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Cassette

Language		Translations for "cassette"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		kasset. (various references)

Albanian		kasetë, bobinë (bobbin, cartridge, coil, reel, roll, spool, winding). (various references)

Arabic		‏كاسيت, ‏حامل لشريط آلة التسجيل, ‏علبة الفيلم كاسيت. (various references)

Bulgarian		касетка с филм, касета (magazine, slide). (various references)

Chinese		暗�' (magazine), 卡式磁带. (various references)

Czech		kazeta (box, cartridge, casket, tape). (various references)

Danish		kassette (cassette tape holder, coffer, magazine, radiographic cassette, tape cartridge, tape magazine). (various references)

Dutch		cassette (caisson, cartridge, cassette tape holder, magazine, magnetic tape cassette, radiographic cassette, tape cartridge, tape magazine). (various references)

Esperanto		kaseto, kasedo. (various references)

Farsi		کاست , تابوت (Chest, Coffin), جعبه کوچک جای جواهرات . (various references)

Finnish		magneettinauhakasetti (magnetic tape cassette), kasetti (cartridge, casette, cassette tape holder, magnetic tape cassette, tape cartridge, tape magazine). (various references)

French		cassette (cassette tape holder, magnetic tape cassette, radiographic cassette, tape cartridge). (various references)

German		Kassette (audiocassette, box, caisson, can, cartridge, case, casket, cassette tape holder, coffer, container, magnetic tape cassette, pack, radiographic cassette, set, slipcase, tape cartridge, tape magazine), Cassette (cassette tape holder, tape cartridge, tape magazine), Audiokassette. (various references)

Greek		κασέτα (cassette tape holder, tape cartridge, tape magazine). (various references)

Hebrew		קלטת, קסט�". (various references)

Hungarian		kazetta. (various references)

Indonesian		kaset. (various references)

Italian		Cassetta (bench, box, cartridge, cassette tape holder, chest, crate, flat, plant tray, seedling tray, tape cartridge, tape magazine, tray). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		カス�"海 (Casanova, casein, Caspian Sea, casserole, cassette book, cassette deck, cassette tape, catacomb, catamaran, catapult, catastrophe, caterpillar, cathedral, Catholic). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		カセット . (various references)

Korean		카세트. (various references)

Papiamen		kasèt. (various references)

Pig Latin		assettecay

Portuguese		cassete. (various references)

Russian		кассета (case). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		kaseta (cartridge, cartridge box, tape). (various references)

Spanish		cassette (audiocassette), casete (cassette tape holder, magnetic tape cassette, tape cartridge, tape magazine). (various references)

Swedish		tvåspolekassett (cassette tape holder, tape cartridge, tape magazine), kassett (cartridge), bandkassett (magnetic tape cassette). (various references)

Turkish		kutu (bin, box, can, canned, carton, cartridge, case, chest, coffer, repository), kaset (darkslide, tape). (various references)

Ukranian		скринька (cabinet, case, casket, cist), шкатулка (cabinet, casket), касета (charger). (various references)

Welsh		caset. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Cassette

Derivations
	Words beginning with "cassette": cassettes. (additional references)
	Words ending with "cassette": audiocassette, microcassette, videocassette. (additional references)
	Words containing "cassette": audiocassettes, microcassettes, videocassettes. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Cassette" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: assetto, cachette, casest, Caset, casette, Cassat, cassete, cassetta, Cassetted, cassetts, casteth, kassite, Kissett, Masetti, Mazzetta, Mazzetti, Naspetti, Scissett, Tassotti. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Cassette"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "cassette" (pronounced kuse"t)
4	-u s e" t	anisette, beset, rosette.
3	-s e" t	offset, preset, reset, set, unset, upset.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Cassette

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: casettes.
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-s-s-t-t"
	-1 letter: casette, ectases, estates, stactes.
	-2 letters: castes, ceases, cestas, estate, scatts, sestet, stacte, states, tasset, tastes, teases, testae, testes, tsetse.
	-3 letters: asset, cases, caste, casts, cates, cease, cesta, cetes, eases, easts, sates, scats, scatt, seats, sects, setae, setts, state, stats, stets, taces, tacet, tacts, tasse, taste, tates, tease, teats, tecta, testa, tests.
	-4 letters: aces, acts.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-s-s-t-t"
	+1 letter: cassettes, spectates, telecasts, tesseract, testacies.
	+2 letters: aesthetics, scatterers, streetcars, tesseracts, testaceous.
	+3 letters: anesthetics, atelectases, atelectasis, backstreets, cassiterite, cattinesses, intestacies, necessitate, pacesetters, resuscitate, streetscape, tacitnesses, telecasters, testatrices.
	+4 letters: aestheticism, anaesthetics, cassiterites, chastisement, chattinesses, constellates, consternates, cotoneasters, domesticates, elasticities, estheticians, gesticulates, intactnesses, letterspaces, mastectomies, necessitated, necessitates, orchestrates, resuscitated, resuscitates, secretariats, streetscapes, tactlessness, tracheitises, weathercasts.
	+5 letters: aestheticians, aestheticisms, aestheticizes, audiocassette, backstretches, chastisements, counterstates, decongestants, ectoparasites, gastrectomies, inspectorates, intricateness, microcassette, necessitating, necessitation, orchestraters, resuscitative, sextuplicates, spermatocytes, tactfulnesses, tractableness, triceratopses, videocassette.
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