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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)
- (firearms) The package consisting of the bullet, primer, and casing containing gunpowder; a round of ammunition.
- (by extension) A prefabricated subassembly that can be easily installed in or removed from a larger mechanism or replaced with another interchangeable subassembly.
- (computing) A vessel which contains the ink or toner for a computer printer and can be easily replaced with another.
- (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.
- 1983, Helpline (in Sinclair User issue 21)
- (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 […]
- 1981, Communication Outlook (volume 3)
- (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)
- A bottle containing 1.5 liters of fluid, double the volume of a standard wine bottle.
- (firearms) A powerful firearm cartridge, often derived from a shorter, less powerful cartridge calibre that uses the same bullet.
- (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
- magnum (bottle size)
- short for magnumpullo (bottle)
Declension
Compounds
- magnumpullo
French
Etymology
From Latin magnum (“great”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma?.n?m/
Noun
magnum m (plural magnums)
- (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
- nominative neuter singular of magnus
- accusative masculine singular of magnus
- accusative neuter singular of magnus
- vocative neuter singular of magnus
Derived terms
- magnum opus
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