crystal pickup
noun
a phonograph pickup that generates an electric current as the stylus applies pressure to a piezoelectric crystal.
- Compare magnetic pickup.
Words Nearby crystal pickup
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
British Dictionary definitions for crystal pick-up
crystal pick-up
noun
a record-player pick-up in which the current is generated by the deformation of a piezoelectric crystal caused by the movements of the stylus
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse