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

Experts conceded a limited postwar use for wire recording as developed by the U.S. armed forces, thought the wire recorder might in time replace dictaphones.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sears got into gloating position by putting a revolutionary gadget on the market last week: a table-model radio-phonograph containing a wire recorder.

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

He returned with his pocket-size wire recorder and handed it to Chahda.

From The Pirates of Shan by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)