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Webster 1913 Edition


Cartridge

Car′tridge

(kär′trĭj)
,
Noun.
[Formerly
cartrage
, corrupted fr. F.
cartouche
. See
Cartouch
.]
(Mil.)
A complete charge for a firearm, contained in, or held together by, a case, capsule, or shell of metal, pasteboard, or other material.
Ball cartridge
,
a cartridge containing a projectile.
Blank cartridge
,
a cartridge without a projectile.
Center-fire cartridge
,
a cartridge in which the fulminate occupies an axial position usually in the center of the base of the capsule, instead of being contained in its rim. In the Prussian needle gun the fulminate is applied to the middle of the base of the bullet.
Rim-fire cartridge
,
a cartridge in which the fulminate is contained in a rim surrounding its base.
Cartridge bag
,
a bag of woolen cloth, to hold a charge for a cannon.
Cartridge belt
,
a belt having pockets for cartridges.
Cartridge box
,
a case, usually of leather, attached to a belt or strap, for holding cartridges.
Cartridge paper
.
(a)
A thick stout paper for inclosing cartridges.
(b)
A rough tinted paper used for covering walls, and also for making drawings upon.

Webster 1828 Edition


Cartridge

CARTRIDGE

,
Noun.
[a corruption of cartouch.] A case of pasteboard or parchment, holding the charge of powder or powder and balls, for a cannon, mortar, musket or pistol. The cartridges for small arms, prepared for battle, contain the powder and ball; those for cannon and mortars are made of paste-board, or tin. Cartridges, without balls, are called blank cartridges.

Definition 2024


Cartridge

Cartridge

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English

Proper noun

Cartridge

  1. A surname.

cartridge

cartridge

See also: Cartridge

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Noun

cartridge (plural cartridges)

  1. (firearms) The package consisting of the bullet, primer, and casing containing gunpowder; a round of ammunition.
    • 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 7, in The Dust of Conflict:
      Still, a dozen men with rifles, and cartridges to match, stayed behind when they filed through a white aldea lying silent amid the cane, and the Sin Verguenza swung into slightly quicker stride.
  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 []
    • 2015 June 24, Chris Chappell as himself, “Top 10 Chinese Knockoffs of Foreign Products”, in China Uncensored, New Tang Dynasty Television, New Tang Dynasty Television, 00:01:54 from the start:
      Not as good, though, as the PolyStation. Looks like a first-generation PlayStation in a Nitendo 64 box. And even though that bit on top looks like it should take a disc, it actually uses something like a Super Nintendo cartridge.
  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".

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