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optical sound

op·ti·cal sound


noun 
Definition:
 
form of motion-picture sound reproduction: a form of sound reproduction in motion pictures that employs a photographed pattern of light on the film that is read by a lamp in the projector. It has now largely been superseded by digital sound.

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