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I became an inventor by accident. I was out of the Air Force in 1956. No, no, that's not true: I went in in 1956, came out in 1959, was working at the University of Washington, and I came up with an idea, from reading a magazine article, for a new kind of a phonograph tone arm.
Woody Norris

Meaning of "tone arm" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TONE ARM

tone arm play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TONE ARM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tone arm is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TONE ARM

tone
tone cluster
tone colour
tone control
tone control knob
tone deafness
tone down
tone language
tone poem
tone row
tone series
tone up
tone-deaf
tone-setter
toned
toneless
tonelessly
tonelessness
toneme
tonemic

WORDS THAT END LIKE TONE ARM

arm in arm
chance one´s arm
dead arm
give one´s right arm
long arm
make a long arm
pick-up arm
rocker arm
rotor arm
shot in the arm
steering arm
stiff arm
sword arm
tremolo arm
twist someone´s arm
upper arm

Synonyms and antonyms of tone arm in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tone arm» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TONE ARM

Find out the translation of tone arm to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tone arm from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tone arm» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

唱臂
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

brazo de tono
570 millions of speakers

English

tone arm
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्वर हाथ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الذراع نغمة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тонарм
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tom braço
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্বর বাহু
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bras de lecture
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lengan nada
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tonarm
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

トーンアーム
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

톤 암
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nada lengen
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trụ lên dây đàn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தொனி கை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टोन हात
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ses kolu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

braccio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tonowe ramię
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тонарм
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

braț ton
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βραχίονας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

toonarm
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tonarm
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tone arm
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TONE ARM»

The term «tone arm» is regularly used and occupies the 107.451 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TONE ARM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tone arm

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QUOTES WITH «TONE ARM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word tone arm.
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Woody Norris
I became an inventor by accident. I was out of the Air Force in 1956. No, no, that's not true: I went in in 1956, came out in 1959, was working at the University of Washington, and I came up with an idea, from reading a magazine article, for a new kind of a phonograph tone arm.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TONE ARM»

Discover the use of tone arm in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tone arm and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Popular Science
TONE ARM Smooth movement of the tone arm radially across the record is important for accurate linear tracking. Several techniques are used: (1 ) Gear— Bang & Olufsen's model and the newer Aiwa 3000 move the tone-arm system along a ...
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Popular Mechanics
This system holds the tone-arm assembly firmly in position. The tone-arm assembly rides on a mirror-finished, high-precision rod of nonmagnetic stainless steel. The 83/4-inch tone arm hangs down vertically, statically balanced in all three ...
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Popular Science
With the tone arm on your record player, that is. An LP record costs the better part of five bucks, and a few plays with an inadequate tone arm will rip out the fine music you bought. That's one reason it doesn't pay to skimp on the arm. It and the  ...
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LIFE
A vital determinant of the quality of an automatic turntable is the tone arm system. Here are some of the tone arm and related features that make the BSR McDonald automatic turntables the sophisticated units they are. rffl A resil iently mounted ...
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Basic Radio & Television, 2/E
21.17 TONE ARM A tone arm not only holds the pick-up cartridge in position but it also guides the cartridge so as to keep it always tangential to the groove even with changing diameter as the arm moves across the disc. This is an extremely ...
Sharma, 2003
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The Compleat Talking Machine: A Collector's Guide to Antique ...
Lubrication of the tone-arm bearings. If the machine has a goose-neck, this, too, must be oiled. This tone-arm pin is spring loaded. A screwdriver can be used to push down on the bearing and free the tone-arm. On most machines, however, the ...
Eric L. Reiss, 2007
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Popular Science
Also, it doesn't need to be pushed down so hard to hold it solidly against the groove walls— engineers say it needs little vertical tracking force. This is simply the weight that the pickup puts on the record. With a good pickup in a good tone arm, ...
8
Texas Monthly
The Beogram 4002 incorporates tangential tracking utilizing one of the most sophisticated tone arm assemblies ever developed. Driven by its own electronically controlled motor, the tone arm travels in a straight line across the record.
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Billboard
Zenith announces the tone arm that creates A REVOLUTIONARY ADVANCE IN STEREO ! The Zenith Micro-Touch 2G Tone Arm gives you the greatest stereo separation— the finest sound reproduction ever achieved in a home console!
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Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound
A tone arm may be an integral part of the turntable or sold as a separate item that is custom installed on a blank turntable. Separate tone arms can give superior performance but are expensive and may be relatively difficult to install. If this is not ...
Frank Hoffmann, 2004

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TONE ARM»

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Local lawyer's invention drops into the groove
Bowden's tone arm design is meant to decrease the distortion-creating friction caused by the contact of the needle with the spinning vinyl. Bowden said his tone ... «RichmondBizSense, Jul 15»
2
New procedure helps tone arms in less than one hour
She loves to be outside, but hates the appearance of her arms. ... "When you would look at my arms, you would have a crepiness to my skin and about ... «WPBF West Palm Beach, Jul 14»
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How to... set up a turntable
Most turntables come pre-fitted with a tone arm. If you want to change that, or have bought a more specialist deck that comes without an arm, you'll need an ... «What Hi-Fi, Jul 14»
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The #1 Exercise to Ditch Arm Flab
The study revealed that triceps kick backs and dips also activated the hard-to-tone arm muscles at higher levels than the other upper body protocols tested. «Shape Magazine, May 12»

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