wire recorder
Noun: A wire recorder is an early type of magnetic audio recording device that uses a thin steel wire as the recording medium. The sound is recorded by magnetizing the wire as it passes over an electromagnetic head.
The term wire recorder specifically refers to the complete device or machine. It is a historical term, as this technology was largely obsolete by the 1950s. * Before the widespread adoption of tape, journalists sometimes used a wire recorder for interviews. * The museum's collection includes a working wire recorder from the 1940s.
- The term can be used attributively (like an adjective) to describe components or media related to the device.
- He found a box of old wire recorder spools in the attic.
- The wire recorder era was brief but important in the history of audio technology.
- Wire recording (n): The act or process of recording sound using a wire recorder, or the recorded content itself.
- The quality of early wire recording was often poor.
- Magnetic recorder (general term)
- Audio recorder (general term)
The term wire recorder has only one specific meaning related to historical audio technology. It is not used in other common contexts.
There are no common idioms or phrasal verbs specifically using wire recorder.
- an early type of magnetic recorder using iron wire