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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

The gunman hardly broke stride as he nonetheless shot Merabet in the head, killing him.
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Again, the difference can seem subtle and sound more like splitting hairs, but the difference is important.
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And it must make sure that the platform of debate where we can freely exchange ideas is safe and sound.
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“Gronkowski” itself never manages to sound more erotic than the name of a hearty Polish stew or a D-list WWE performer.
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Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance is a different sound for you.
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Madame Ratignolle, more careful of her complexion, had twined a gauze veil about her head.
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Sol laughed out of his whiskers, with a big, loose-rolling sound, and sat on the porch without waiting to be asked.
The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden
Only in the carnage of the head, the tilt of the chin, was the insolence expressed that had made her many enemies.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
She was flushed and felt intoxicated with the sound of her own voice and the unaccustomed taste of candor.
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Old Mrs. Wurzel and the buxom but not too well-favoured heiress of the house of Grains were at the head of the table.
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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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