magnetic stripe

noun

magnetic strip.

Movies. stripe¹(def 8).

Origin of magnetic stripe

First recorded in 1950–55

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British Dictionary definitions for magnetic stripe

magnetic stripe

noun

(across the back of various types of cheque card, credit card, etc) a dark stripe of magnetic material consisting of several tracks onto which information may be coded and which may be read or written to electronically

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