record player

noun

1. phonograph.

record player

noun

1. a device for reproducing the sounds stored on a record, consisting of a turntable, usually electrically driven, that rotates the record at a fixed speed of 33, 45, or (esp formerly) 78 revolutions a minute. A stylus vibrates in accordance with undulations in the groove in the record: these vibrations are converted into electric currents, which, after amplification, are recreated in the form of sound by one or more loudspeakers See also monophonic quadraphonics stereophonic

Word History and Origins

Origin of record player¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

There was a portable record player in the foreground and a low table with snacks and drinks, and two other people were with him.

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The recorded voice ceased; for a moment the record player hummed voicelessly.

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Yes; so I learned, at the time they brought the record player, that she had gone to New Orleans.

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And until the time that Mike came over and delivered the record player.

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I think Mike was the one who brought the record player, and I don't remember the circumstances on that, but I believe it was he.

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