1. (

• cartridge

) ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun ;

2. (

• magazine ,
• cartridge ,

) a light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required ;

3. (

• cartridge ,

) a module designed to be inserted into a larger piece of equipment; "he loaded a cartridge of fresh tape into the tape deck" ;

4. (

• cartridge ,
• pickup ,

) an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable ;