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record player

American  

noun

  • record players
    plural
  1. phonograph.


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

"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

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Origin of record player

First recorded in 1930–35

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The jacket belonged to his late father, whom he remembers hovering over a record player, bearing songs from a more thrilling world.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

He powers his record player and the modest lighting in his tiny underground bunker using a hand-cranked generator.

From Salon Jan. 23, 2026

Among the good doctor’s many artifacts are a record player and vinyl LPs.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 15, 2026

The Rolling Stones' Gimme Shelter spun endlessly on an old record player while Roy worked on her architecture school thesis.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2025

Even before the war, a third of all homes in Great Britain alone had a record player.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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