cassette
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cassette (plural cassettes)
- A small flat case containing magnetic tape on two reels, used to record and play back audio and video material.
- Any similar small cartridge, such as for a computer disk.
- (photography) A lightproof container for photographic film.
- (genetics) A modular DNA sequence encoding one or more genes for a single biochemical function.
- (cycling) A set of sprockets mounted onto a splined shaft on the freehub.
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small flat case containing magnetic tape
set of sprockets on a bicycle
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modular segment of DNA encoding genes for a single function
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cas (case) + -ette (diminutive), hence a small case
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cassette f. (plural cassettes)
- a cassette tape
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cassette f.
- Plural form of cassetta.