Definitions for tape recorder
tape recorder

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tape recorder, tape machinenoun

   a magnetic recorder using magnetic tape

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1. tape recordernoun

   an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound, etc.

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1. Tape recorder

   An audio tape recorder, also known as a tape deck, tape player or tape machine or simply a tape recorder, is a sound recording and reproduction device that records and plays back sounds usually using magnetic tape for storage. In its present-day form, it records a fluctuating signal by moving the tape across a tape head that polarizes the magnetic domains in the tape in proportion to the audio signal. Tape-recording devices include the reel-to-reel tape deck and the cassette deck, which uses a cassette for storage. The use of magnetic tape for sound recording originated around 1930 in Germany as paper tape with oxide lacquered to it. Prior to the development of magnetic tape, magnetic wire recorders had successfully demonstrated the concept of magnetic recording, but they never offered audio quality comparable to the other recording and broadcast standards of the time. This German invention was the start of a long string of innovations that have led to present-day magnetic tape recordings. Magnetic tape revolutionized both the radio broadcast and music recording industries. It gave artists and producers the power to record and re-record audio with minimal loss in quality as well as edit and rearrange recordings with ease. The alternative recording technologies of the era, transcription discs and wire recorders, could not provide anywhere near this level of quality and functionality. Since some early refinements improved the fidelity of the reproduced sound, magnetic tape has been the highest quality analog recording medium available. As of the first decade of the 21st century, analog magnetic tape has been largely replaced by digital recording technologies.

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1. tape recorder

   A tape recorder is an electronic device that records and plays back sound using magnetic tape. It typically includes components such as a microphone for sound input, a tape deck for recording and playback, and a speaker or headphones for audio output. The device allows for capturing voice, music or other types of audio data, and it often provides controls to adjust volume, speed, and direction of the tape. It emerged in the mid-20th century and was widely used for several decades before being largely replaced by digital recording technologies.

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1. Tape recorder

   An audio tape recorder, tape deck, reel-to-reel tape deck, cassette deck or tape machine is an audio storage device that records and plays back sounds, including articulated voices, usually using magnetic tape, either wound on a reel or in a cassette, for storage. In its present day form, it records a fluctuating signal by moving the tape across a tape head that polarizes the magnetic domains in the tape in proportion to the audio signal. The use of magnetic tape for sound recording originated around 1930. Magnetizable tape revolutionized both the radio broadcast and music recording industries. It gave artists and producers the power to record and re-record audio with minimal loss in quality as well as edit and rearrange recordings with ease. The alternative recording technologies of the era, transcription discs and wire recorders, could not provide anywhere near this level of quality and functionality. Since some early refinements improved the fidelity of the reproduced sound, magnetic tape has been the highest quality analog sound recording medium available. However, as of the first decade of the 21st century, analog magnetic tape is largely being replaced by digital recording technologies for most sound recording purposes.

How to pronounce tape recorder?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of tape recorder in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of tape recorder in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of tape recorder in a Sentence

1. Jerome Corsi:

   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.

2. The Prince:

   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.

3. Brian Bloom:

   The penalty does not fit the crime, let's put this in perspective: You stop a murder trial not once, but twice, because a guy had a tape recorder sitting next to him on a bench at a courtroom. Let's put our priorities in place here.

4. Robert Simso:

   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.

5. Benjamin Crump:

   Without that tape recorder, he (Raja) would have lied and his proclamation that he was standing his ground would have reigned supreme.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=tape recorder
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Tape_Recorder
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tape_Recorder
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=tape recorder