What does recorder mean?
Definitions for recorder
rɪˈkɔr dərrecorder
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word recorder.
Princeton's WordNet
recorder, recording equipment, recording machinenoun
equipment for making records
registrar, record-keeper, recordernoun
someone responsible for keeping records
recordernoun
a barrister or solicitor who serves as part-time judge in towns or boroughs
fipple flute, fipple pipe, recorder, vertical flutenoun
a tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Recordernoun
Etymology: from record.
I but your recorder am in this,
Or mouth and speaker of the universe,
A ministerial notary; for ’tis
Not I, but you and fame that make the verse. John Donne.I ask’d, what meant this wilful silence?
His answer was, the people were not us’d
To be spoke to except by the recorder. William Shakespeare, Rich. III.The office of recorder to this city being vacant, five or six persons are solliciting to succeed him. Jonathan Swift.
The shepherds went among them, and sang an eclogue, while the other shepherds, pulling out recorders, which possest the place of pipes, accorded their musick to the others voice. Philip Sidney, b. ii.
In a recorder, the three uppermost holes yield one tone, which is a note lower than the tone of the first three. Francis Bacon.
The figures of recorders, and flutes and pipes are straight; but the recorder hath a less bore and a greater above and below. Francis Bacon, Natural History.
ChatGPT
recorder
A recorder can generally be defined as a device or tool that captures information or data, such as audio, video, or measurements, and stores it for later retrieval and analysis. It can include a wide range of items, from a handheld audio recording device to a device that records data in scientific experiments. Also, a recorder can refer to a type of simple woodwind musical instrument.
Webster Dictionary
Recordernoun
one who records; specifically, a person whose official duty it is to make a record of writings or transactions
Recordernoun
the title of the chief judical officer of some cities and boroughs; also, of the chief justice of an East Indian settlement. The Recorder of London is judge of the Lord Mayor's Court, and one of the commissioners of the Central Criminal Court
Recordernoun
a kind of wind instrument resembling the flageolet
Wikidata
recorder
The recorder is a woodwind musical instrument of the family known as fipple flutes or internal duct flutes—whistle-like instruments which include the tin whistle. The recorder is end-blown and the mouth of the instrument is constricted by a wooden plug, known as a block or fipple. It is distinguished from other members of the family by having holes for seven fingers and one for the thumb of the uppermost hand. The bore of the recorder is tapered slightly, being widest at the mouthpiece end and narrowest towards the foot on Baroque recorders, or flared almost like a trumpet at the bottom on Renaissance instruments. Recorders can be made out of wood, plastic or ivory. The recorder was popular in medieval times through the baroque era, but declined in the 18th century in favour of orchestral woodwind instruments, such as the flute, oboe, and clarinet. During its heyday, the recorder was traditionally associated with pastoral scenes, miraculous events, funerals, marriages and amorous scenes. Images of recorders can be found in literature and artwork associated with all of these. Purcell, Bach, Telemann and Vivaldi used the recorder to suggest shepherds and imitate birds in their music, a theme that continued in 20th-century music.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Recorder
an English law official, the chief Judicial officer of a city or borough; discharges the functions of judge at the Quarter-Sessions of his district; must be a barrister of at least five years' standing; is appointed by the Crown, but paid by the local authority; is debarred from sitting on the licensing bench, but is not withheld from practising at the bar; the sheriff in Scotland is a similar official.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
recorder
One who keeps a record; specifically, the officer who registers the proceedings of a board or minor court.
British National Corpus
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'recorder' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3178
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'recorder' in Nouns Frequency: #2667
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of recorder in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of recorder in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of recorder in a Sentence
The cockpit voice recorder( CVR) and flight data recorder( FDR) information have been downloaded from the units and are in possession of the Ethiopian authorities.
I'm going to tell the truth, to the best of my ability. Even that's hard, given the amount of information and the fact that I have said from the beginning I'm not a human tape recorder. You can't push a button, and I can't recall precisely, in detail, granularly, conversations, emails, events from 2016, but I'm going to do my best to tell the truth, without calculation of whom it benefits or whom it detracts.
The special, stripped-down demo recording captures a 20-year-old Prince in a raw, intimate moment, and begins with the sound of the artist pressing the record button on a cassette tape recorder and picking up the acoustic guitar.
We of course stand by all the quotes in the story, i always use a tape recorder in interviews, and this time was no exception.
Without that tape recorder, he (Raja) would have lied and his proclamation that he was standing his ground would have reigned supreme.
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- blokfluitAfrikaans
- مسجلArabic
- zobcová flétnaCzech
- blokfløjteDanish
- Rekorder, BlockflöteGerman
- φλογέρα, εγγραφέας, αρχειοφύλαξ, καταγραφέαςGreek
- bekflutoEsperanto
- grabador, escribiente, registrador, juez municipal, flauta dulce, grabadoraSpanish
- plokkflöötEstonian
- nokkahuilu, nauhuri, levyttäjä, tallennin, kihlakunnantuomariFinnish
- flûte à bec, enregistreurFrench
- taifeadánIrish
- perekamIndonesian
- blokkflauta, flautaIcelandic
- flauto, registratoreItalian
- レコーダーJapanese
- blokfløjteKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- tibia rectaLatin
- blokfluitDutch
- flauta docePortuguese
- магнитофон, видеомагнитофон, регистратор, рекордер, архивариус, самопишущий прибор, протоколистRussian
- blockflöjt, fickminne, ljudtekniker, inspelningsassistent, bandspelare, inspelningsapparaturSwedish
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