sound head

American  

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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sound head British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of sound head

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

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sound head

The professor was a man of great science and was blessed with an almighty sound head.

From The Blind Spot by Austin Hall

If he did not always run well it was not for want of a sound head or a sharp eye. 

From Samuel Rutherford and some of his correspondents by Alexander Whyte

Then Raften stepped into view, loud-voiced, externally coarse, but blessed with a good heart and a sound head.

From Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned by Ernest Thompson Seton

The virtue he loved was simple, sociable, gay, sprightly, and playful; to use one of his own expressions, ‘Ignorance and incuriousness are two charming pillows for a sound head.’

From An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent by John Henry Newman

A proper diet and a sound head are closely allied, and those who will rightly exercise their soul-powers must be watchful of the stomach.

From Every Man His Own University by Russell H. Conwell