Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A device for analogue audio storage made magnetically onto fine steel or stainless steel wire, introduced commercially after World War II primarily for office dictation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
an early type of magnetic recorder using iron wire
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: magnetic recorder
History
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Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
