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cartridge

English

Etymology

Corruption of French cartouche. Doublet of cartouche.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?k??t??d?/
  • (US) enPR: kär?tr?j, IPA(key): /?k??t??d?/

Noun

cartridge (plural cartridges)

  1. (firearms) The package consisting of the bullet, primer, and casing containing gunpowder; a round of ammunition.
  2. (by extension) A prefabricated subassembly that can be easily installed in or removed from a larger mechanism or replaced with another interchangeable subassembly.
  3. (computing) A vessel which contains the ink or toner for a computer printer and can be easily replaced with another.
  4. (computing) Magnetic tape storage, used for storing (backup) copies of data.
    • 1983, Helpline (in Sinclair User issue 21)
      The program generates a catalogue of the files on the cartridge selected by the user, reads the catalogue into memory and erases the cartridge copy, so that an up-to-date copy is always generated.
  5. (computing) A removable enclosure containing read-only memory devices, used for rapid loading of software onto a home computer or video game console.
    • 1981, Communication Outlook (volume 3)
      We would like to see someone market a low-power, text-to-speech cartridge that would mate with the Epson and use its internal battery pack.
    • 2002, Video Game Bible, 1985-2002 (page 180)
      Nintendo made sure to loudly trumpet all of the advantages of the cartridge format, particularly the greatly reduced loading times and the sturdiness of the cartridges []
  6. (obsolete) A small paper package, e.g. in an old book about making printer's type: After all the type has been cast: "The Boy will paper up each sort in a cartridge by itself".

Derived terms

Translations

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magnum

English

Etymology

From Latin magnum (great)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?mæ?n?m/

Noun

magnum (plural magnums or magna)

  1. A bottle containing 1.5 liters of fluid, double the volume of a standard wine bottle.
  2. (firearms) A powerful firearm cartridge, often derived from a shorter, less powerful cartridge calibre that uses the same bullet.
  3. (by extension) A handgun that fires a cartridge of this calibre; chiefly a revolver, but rarely an autoloader firing an unusually powerful calibre.

Derived terms

  • belted magnum

Related terms

  • magnum opus

Translations

Further reading

  • magnum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Mangum

Finnish

Noun

magnum

  1. magnum (bottle size)
  2. short for magnumpullo (bottle)

Declension

Compounds

  • magnumpullo

French

Etymology

From Latin magnum (great)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma?.n?m/

Noun

magnum m (plural magnums)

  1. (wine) A bottle of wine containing 1.5 liters of fluid, double the volume of a standard bottle.

Further reading

  • “magnum” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Adjective

magnum

  1. nominative neuter singular of magnus
  2. accusative masculine singular of magnus
  3. accusative neuter singular of magnus
  4. vocative neuter singular of magnus

Derived terms

  • magnum opus

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