sound head

American  

noun

Movies.

1. a mechanism through which film passes in a projector for conversion of the soundtrack into audio-frequency signals that can be amplified and reproduced.

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sound head British  

noun

1. the part of a film projector that reproduces the sound in a film

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Etymology

Origin of sound head

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

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sound head

The virtue he loved was simple, sociable, gay, sprightly, and playful; to use one of his own expressions, ‘Ignorance and incuriousness are two charming pillows for a sound head.’

From An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent by John Henry Newman

It is chiefly this sensibility that constitutes genius; to which a sound head and a good heart are as effectual as a lively imagination.

From Essays on Taste by Ralph Cohen

"Why do I place this sound head of mine under the Evangelists?" thought Yatsek.

From On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski by Henryk Sienkiewicz

But I do say that an empire presents many difficult problems, and that the men who accept its responsibilities need a sound head, clean hands, and above all a pure heart.

From The Power of Womanhood, or Mothers and Sons A Book For Parents, And Those In Loco Parentis by Ellice Hopkins

Which of the blustering band Has a really sound head on his shoulders, a really skilled craft to his hand?

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 4th 1914 by Various