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noun
a phonograph pickup in which the vibrations of the stylus cause variations in or motions of a coil in a magnetic field that produces corresponding variations in an electrical voltage.
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But some of his pickup methods might actually be criminal, according to the state of Nevada.
In his response, Cook spoke sensitively about the very real danger present in the general pickup community.
He was still working on his pickup technique, and felt there was nothing for him at university.
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He went off whistling, and Isabel raised her hand and looked at it meditatively; his own had been unexpectedly warm and magnetic.
She came with an easy smile into the little group, and immediately her magnetic presence seemed to rivet all attention.
Thus, the magnetic telegraph was expected for quite three hundred years before its first tap of the keys announced its presence.
Each movement of the ball within its cage, where magnetic fields crossed and recrossed, would bring instant response.
His countenance gave out the fire of an inward passion; his eyes—deep, strange, strong, magnetic—mastered and compelled her.
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British Dictionary definitions for magnetic pickup
noun
a type of record player pick-up in which the stylus moves an iron core in a coil, causing a changing magnetic field that produces the current
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