wire recorder

American  

noun

1. a forerunner of the tape recorder that recorded sound on a steel wire by magnetizing the wire as it passed an electromagnet.

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wire recorder British  

noun

1. an early type of magnetic recorder in which sounds were recorded on a thin steel wire magnetized by an electromagnet Compare tape recorder

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Other Word Forms

• wire recording
  noun

Etymology

Origin of wire recorder

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

Miley was a junior at Bosse High School n 1947 when he began taping sporting events as a hobby with a $165 wire recorder that his father bought from Sears & Roebuck.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2011

The Post, out after Young's scalp, took the speech down on a wire recorder and printed it in full, two columns long.

From Time Magazine Archive

There were other irreplaceable losses: the pioneer Webcor wire recorder was part of the ashes, and so were six original 1921-model Dormeyer mixers.

From Time Magazine Archive

He lugged his oversize wire recorder, tuba-like, all over the city, and wrote and broadcast the news himself.

From Time Magazine Archive

"The chief of campus police carries a personal wire recorder," Handrosan said, in his flat monotone.

From Ministry of Disturbance by Dongen, H. R. van