microcassette

American  

[mahy-kroh-kuh-set, -ka-] / ˈmaɪ kroʊ kəˌsɛt, -kæ- /

noun

1. a very small audio tape cassette smaller than a minicassette, for use with a pocket-size tape recorder.

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Etymology

Origin of microcassette

First recorded in 1975–80; micro- + cassette

Example Sentences

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microcassette

That’s how Murphy began writing what became “The Long Haul,” though he started so long ago that he used a microcassette recorder.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 25, 2022

I spoke sentences into the microcassette recorder I hadn't been using to record lectures.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2021

I find a microcassette player, change the batteries, put in a few tapes, and hear a blank fuzz.

From Slate ● Apr. 9, 2018

The Washington Post said that it obtained the tape from a source who “asked to be identified only as a person with whom Carswell shared the microcassette of the call shortly after the interview.”

From The New Yorker ● May 13, 2016

Ms. Block deployed her implements — hand-held microcassette recorders and walkie-talkies, a contact microphone brushed through her hair, a cathode light that flashed in time with pattering electronic pulsations — with an elegantly choreographed efficiency.

From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2013