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TONE ARM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge
Synonyms:
pickup; pickup arm; tone arm
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("tone arm" is a kind of...):
mechanical device (mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles)
Holonyms ("tone arm" is a part of...):
phonograph; record player (machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically)