fixed head

noun

a recording head in a tape recorder or disk drive that cannot be moved relative to the center of the disk, offering reduced access time.

Two of the fixed-head tracks are devoted to the display: they drive a hardware-translator continuously.

It has a fixed head on the hind part and a canopy running the full length, with curtains at the side to inclose the interior.

The captain in the brain, the eye, and the fixed head and centre are the great trinity who manage the whole concern.

The machine consists of a frame with one fixed head; the other head is moved by a screw; on both heads are hardened steel points.

The main spindle is horizontal upon a fixed head, and has its dividing mechanism at the back of the machine.

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