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audiocassette

American  
[aw-dee-oh-kuh-set, -ka-set] / ˈɔ di oʊ kəˌsɛt, -kæˌsɛt /
Or audio cassette

noun

  1. a cassette containing audiotape.


Etymology

Origin of audiocassette

First recorded in 1965–70; audio- ( def. ) + cassette ( def. )


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In the analog days of the 1970s, long before hackers, trolls and edgelords, an audiocassette company came up with an advertising slogan that posed a trick question: “Is it live or is it Memorex?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2024

At my feet is his eight-track audiocassette, and a red telephone with speed dial buttons bearing mysterious initials: JL, YL, JP, YP – who were they, and what did Elvis want with them?

From The Guardian ● Jun. 24, 2018

The Northwest Film Forum will show the documentary “Notes on Blindness,” about a man who keeps a diary on audiocassette after he goes blind, Friday-Sunday, Jan. 13-15.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2017

So begins a diary entry from April 1984, recorded on audiocassette, about the nature of acoustic experience.

From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2016

David rushes through my doorway, his eyes wide with panic, an audiocassette in his hand.

From "Rules" by Cynthia Lord

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