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cartridge
[ kahr-trij ]
noun
- Also called cartouche. a cylindrical case of pasteboard, metal, or the like, for holding a complete charge of powder, and often also the bullet or the shot for a rifle, machine gun, or other small arm.
- a case containing any explosive charge, as for blasting.
- any small container for powder, liquid, or gas, made for ready insertion into some device or mechanism:
an ink cartridge for a pen.
- Also called magazine. Photography. a lightproof metal or plastic container for a roll of film, usually containing both the supply and take-up spools, as well as a pressure plate, for rapid loading without the necessity of threading the film.
- Audio. pickup ( def 8 ).
- a flat, compact container enclosing an endless loop of audiotape, operated by inserting into a slot in a player.
cartridge
/ ˈɑːٰɪ /
noun
- a cylindrical, usually metal casing containing an explosive charge and often a bullet, for a rifle or other small arms
- a case for an explosive, such as a blasting charge
- an electromechanical transducer in the pick-up of a record player, usually either containing a piezoelectric crystal ( crystal cartridge ) or an electromagnet ( magnetic cartridge )
- a container for magnetic tape that is inserted into a tape deck in audio or video systems. It is about four times the size of a cassette
- Also calledcassettemagazine photog a light-tight film container that enables a camera to be loaded and unloaded in normal light
- computing a removable unit in a printer which contains black or coloured ink
- computing a removable unit in a computer, such as an integrated circuit, containing software
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cartridge1
1570–80; earlier cartage, cartrage, alteration of cartouche
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cartridge1
C16: from earlier cartage, variant of cartouche (cartridge)
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They contained 12 assault rifles, 14 pistols and 999 ammunition cartridges.
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Much video game software is digitally based, but Nintendo still manufactures cartridges in Japan.
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However, later that month he contacted another seller on a legal gun sales site, paying £650 plus £30 petrol money to the man for a shotgun and 100 cartridges.
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He paid £650 plus £30 petrol money to the man for the shotgun and 100 cartridges.
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When he was arrested by police in September last year a shotgun and 30 cartridges were found nearby.
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