compact cassette

English

Noun

compact cassette (plural compact cassettes)

  1. (sound engineering) The standard cassette tape format introduced in 1963 by Philips; an audio cassette.

Synonyms
  • cassette tape {now synonymous with the original name "Compact Cassette", although originally there were competing cassette tape standards}
  • audio cassette or (frequently) simply: cassette
  • Compact Audio Cassette
  • music cassette {pre-recorded cassette, also known as Music-Cassettes, and later just Musicassettes; (M.C. for short)}

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