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tape deck definition

☆ tape deck

  1. a magnetic recording device consisting of a tape transport, heads, and preamplifiers, but not amplifiers or speakers
  2. a component of an audio system containing such a mechanism and used to record and play back magnetic tapes, usually using an external amplifier and speakers

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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