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sound head

noun Movies.
  1. 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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Origin of sound head

First recorded in 1930–35
Also called sound gate.
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Historical Examples of sound head

  • It contained figures of three ecclesiastics, "Sound-head, Rattle-head, and Round-head."

    Caricature and Other Comic Art

    James Parton.

British Dictionary definitions for sound head

sound head

noun
  1. the part of a film projector that reproduces the sound in a film
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