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 Hall, Austin

General Greene, who was well versed in military law, and was a man of sound head and kind heart, was president, and Colonel John Lawrence, judge advocate-general.

From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Irving, Washington

But at length Chrissy, aware of the liberty Bourhope took in thus making her his study, got restless and troubled in her sound head and warm heart.

From Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes by Tytler, Sarah

Washington sent him Arnold, the dare-devil of the army, and Lincoln, a man of sound head, steady hand, and even temper, as a counterpoise to Arnold's over-confident and impetuous nature.

From Burgoyne's Invasion of 1777 With an outline sketch of the American Invasion of Canada, 1775-76. by Drake, Samuel Adams

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 Seton, Ernest Thompson