reel-to-reel


reel-to-reel

(rēl′tə-rēl′)adj. Designating sound recording, playback equipment, or sound recordings that use magnetic tape which must be threaded through the equipment and onto an empty reel.

reel-to-reel

adj 1. (Electronics) (of magnetic tape) wound from one reel to another in use 2. (Electronics) (of a tape recorder) using magnetic tape wound from one reel to another, as opposed to cassettes

reel′-to-reel′



adj. of or pertaining to a tape recorder or a motion-picture camera or projector through which the tape or film must be threaded onto a take-up reel. [1960–65]
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