cartridge
IPA: kˈɑrtrʌdʒ
noun
- (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.
- (computing) A removable enclosure containing read-only memory devices, used for rapid loading of software onto a home computer or video game console.
- (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".
- A surname.
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Examples of "cartridge" in Sentences
- This cartridge is a 29 gr. bullet with a velocity of 1100 fps.
- So why should one handicap themselves when the ideal cartridge is the 30-06!
- Shoot what you want, don't argue that a certain cartridge is the top cal. unles you survey more people than B&C records Say ....
- It was so intriguing I started to look for more references as I always get questions from people in the USA whenever I use the term cartridge paper.
- A toner cartridge is color (or the soot-black lack thereof, and by extension, Manichean dualism), disposability, the Gillette model of razor marketing, the democratization of print publishing.
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