sound head

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noun Movies.

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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Also called sound gate .

Origin of sound head

First recorded in 1930–35

Words nearby sound head

soundcard, sound check, sound effect, sounder, sound film, sound head, sound hole, sounding, sounding balloon, sounding board, sounding lead

How to use sound head in a sentence

How refreshing it was to meet a practical, sound head in all that confusion!
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. December, 1877.|Various
The old notion, that work was a curse, never entered his sound head.
Pottery and Porcelain, from early times down to the Philadelphia exhibition of 1876|Charles Wyllys Elliott
Has a really sound head on his shoulders, a really skilled craft to his hand?
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, November 19, 1887|Various
I have always been noted for a sound head and a steady tongue.
Mohawks, Volume 2 of 3|Mary Elizabeth Braddon

If he did not always run well it was not for want of a sound head or a sharp eye.
Samuel Rutherford|Alexander Whyte

British Dictionary definitions for sound head

sound head

noun

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

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