Meaning & use
tonearm
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The pivoted arm on a record player that holds the cartridge and stylus over the record.
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He carefully lowered the tonearm onto the spinning vinyl record.
A worn tonearm can cause the needle to skip across the grooves.
A note on using this word
A key component of turntables, still discussed regularly among vinyl collectors and audiophiles.
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pickup arm
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