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reel-to-reel

[ reel-tuh-reel ]
/ ˈril təˈril /

adjective

of or relating to an audio sound-equipment system or motion-picture camera or projector through which the tape or film must be threaded onto a take-up reel.

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Origin of reel-to-reel

First recorded in 1960–65

Words nearby reel-to-reel

reeler, reel-fed, reel man, reel off, reel of three, reel-to-reel, reel-to-reel tape, re-emerge, re-emergence, re-employ, re-employment
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British Dictionary definitions for reel-to-reel

reel-to-reel

adjective

(of magnetic tape) wound from one reel to another in use
(of a tape recorder) using magnetic tape wound from one reel to another, as opposed to cassettes
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