record player

noun

1. phonograph.

record player

noun

1. a device for reproducing the sounds stored on a record, consisting of a turntable, usually electrically driven, that rotates the record at a fixed speed of 33, 45, or (esp formerly) 78 revolutions a minute. A stylus vibrates in accordance with undulations in the groove in the record: these vibrations are converted into electric currents, which, after amplification, are recreated in the form of sound by one or more loudspeakers See also monophonic quadraphonics stereophonic

Word History and Origins

Origin of record player¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

Their distinctive circling inspired a T-shirt design with a phalarope atop a vinyl record player and the words “Mono Lake, you spin me round!”

From Los Angeles Times

Ten or 12 years ago, I went to my friend’s house in Los Angeles and he has a record player.

From Los Angeles Times

He and his brothers huddled around the record player and dropped the needle.

From Los Angeles Times

It was outfitted with a couch, coffee table, piano and record player.

From Los Angeles Times

To explore these tiny realms, scientists turn to a scanning tunnelling microscope, which operates much like a record player.

From Science Daily