optical sound


nounMovies.
  1. sound recorded on and subsequently played back from an optical or photographic soundtrack, as opposed to a magnetic soundtrack.

Origin of optical sound

1
First recorded in 1930–35

Words Nearby optical sound

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British Dictionary definitions for optical sound

optical sound

noun
  1. sound recorded in the form of a photographic image on cinematograph films

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