record player

American  

noun

1. phonograph.

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record player British  

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

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Etymology

Origin of record player

First recorded in 1930–35

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• phonograph vs. record player

Example Sentences

He pieced together his first setup with two hi-fi record players his dad had in the attic.

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Stalin stumbled to the record player and put on a Russian folk song.

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Their distinctive circling inspired a T-shirt design with a phalarope atop a vinyl record player and the words “Mono Lake, you spin me round!”

From Los Angeles Times

Ten or 12 years ago, I went to my friend’s house in Los Angeles and he has a record player.

From Los Angeles Times

He and his brothers huddled around the record player and dropped the needle.

From Los Angeles Times