metal tape

American  

noun

1. a high-performance recording tape having a magnetic metal-particle coating that is not an oxide.

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metal tape British  

noun

1. a magnetic recording tape coated with pure iron rather than iron oxide or chromedioxide: it gives enhanced recording quality

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Example Sentences

Each champion has donated a club, and there is a left-handed lob wedge by Ping with metal tape on the back.

From Washington Times • Sep. 4, 2014

Talon's machines, which stamp zipper teeth out of metal tape and fasten them in a row on fabric, would be useless for anything else.

From Time Magazine Archive

The world's three major sportswear manufacturers--Adidas, Nike and Reebok--have developed new technologies, from ice vests to metal tape to ventilated shoes, to keep athletes cool in the ancient city.

From Time Magazine Archive

It's easier to use, and definitely more comfortable than a metal tape measure.

From Time Magazine Archive

In other machines the gage is attached to a steel cable, or a metal tape, or a chain which passes over wheels at the back and front below the table.

From Paper-Cutting Machines A Primer of Information about Paper and Card Trimmers, Hand-Lever Cutters, Power Cutters and Other Automatic Machines for Cutting Paper (Typographic Technical Series Part 1, No. 10) by Grayson, David