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Noun: cartridge  kaa(r)t-rij
  1. Ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun
     
  2. A light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required
    - magazine
     
  3. A module designed to be inserted into a larger piece of equipment
    "he loaded a cartridge of fresh tape into the tape deck"
     
  4. An electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable
    - pickup
     
  5. (computing) a container of ink or toner for a computer printer

Derived forms: cartridges

Type of: ammo, ammunition, electro-acoustic transducer, module, supply chamber

Part of: camera, phonograph, photographic camera, record player

Encyclopedia: Cartridge