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sprocket hole

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sprocket hole [′spräk·ət ‚hōl]
(engineering)
One of a series of perforations at the edge of a motion picture film, paper tape, or roll of continuous stationery, which are engaged by the teeth of a sprocket wheel to drive the material through some device.


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The product provides splices both between and through sprocket holes, without empty pockets.
Each flame of most conventional movie film is 35 mm in length, with four sprocket holes lining each edge (sprockets help the film advance in a camera or projector).
Stephen Dorff) and his merry band of movie-loving terrorists, the Sprocket Holes.
 
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