sound head


nounMovies.
  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.

Origin of sound head

1
First recorded in 1930–35
  • Also called sound gate .

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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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