Definition of Tone arm

1. Noun. Mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge.

Exact synonyms: Pickup, Pickup Arm
Generic synonyms: Mechanical Device
Group relationships: Phonograph, Record Player

Definition of Tone arm

1. Noun. a light, balanced arm that holds the pickup cartridge on a record player ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tone Arm

tonaphasia
tonation
tonations
tonca bean
tonca beans
toncanet
tondi
tondini
tondino
tondinos
tondo
tondos
tone
tone-beginning
tone-deaf
tone arm (current term)
tone arms
tone colour
tone deafness
tone decay test
tone dialing
tone dialling
tone down
tone ending
tone language
tone mark
tone marks
tone number
tone numbers
tone of voice

Literary usage of Tone arm

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Laboratory Projects in Physics: A Manual of Practical Experiments for Beginners by Frederick F. Good (1920)
"A. The tone arm, the Horn, and the Box. The tone arm is the pipe which leads from the sound box ... How many motions must the tone arm have? Explain them. ..."

2. Practical Business English by Oscar Charles Gallagher, Leonard Bowdoin Moulton (1918)
"In the common type of phonograph the sound waves, after leaving the tone-arm, come in contact with metal on all sides, causing tones that are harsh and ..."

3. The Mars Force Book 2: How Pat's Membership in a Military Cadet Program Led by Stephanie Relfe (2004)
"This knob is called the tone arm. amounts: It measures resistance in the following A person who is in a happy state of being would probably have a tone arm ..."

4. The Mars Records Book 2: Clearing Sessions with A Biofeedback Meter Where a by Stephanie Relfe (2002)
"This knob is called the tone arm. It measures resistance in the following amounts: A person who is in a happy state of being would probably have a tone arm ..."

5. The Mars Records Book 1: Clearing Sessions with a Biofeedback Meter Where a by Stephanie Relfe (2000)
"This knob is called the tone arm. amounts: It measures resistance in the following A person who is in a happy state of being would probably have a tone arm ..."

6. The Mars Force Book 1: How Pat's Membership in a Military Cadet Program Led by Stephanie Relfe (2002)
"This knob is called the tone arm. amounts: It measures resistance in the following A person who is in a happy state of being would probably have a tone arm ..."

7. Connecticut at the World's Fair: Report of the Commissioners from by Connecticut, Charles Phelps, Frank L. Wilcox, Joseph H. Vaill (1906)
"Another great advance toward the perfection of the graphophone was shown in the disc form of the machine. Through the introduction of the Aluminum Tone-Arm ..."

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