microdrive

British

/ ˈmaɪkrəʊˌdraɪv /

noun

a type of memory card that has moving parts and can store large amounts of data

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One 32-channel headstage was plugged into each 8-tetrode microdrive assembly.

From Nature ● Mar. 28, 2017

Locations of all tetrodes were identified by comparing relative locations of tracks in the brain with the locations of individual tetrode guide tubes within the microdrive assembly.

From Nature ● Mar. 28, 2017

Delicately, he turned a couple of microdrive dials till the needles settled on their red lines.

From Alarm Clock by H. R. van Dongen

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