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再生ヘッド (さいせいヘッド) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

再さい生せいヘッド

Meanings

1

noun

reproducing head; playback head

computingengineering

Technical term in computing and engineering for the component that reads signals from magnetic media such as tapes or disks.

このテープレコーダーの再さい生せいヘッドが汚よごれている。
The playback head of this tape recorder is dirty.

Kanji

再again, twice, second time
生life, genuine, birth

Similar words

録ろく音おんヘッド
録音ヘッド is the recording head that writes signals, while 再生ヘッド reads them back.
消しょう去きょヘッド
消去ヘッド is the erase head that removes signals, distinct from the playback function of 再生ヘッド.

Etymology

Compound of 再生 (playback, reproduction) and ヘッド (head), a direct calque of English 'reproducing head' or 'playback head'.