magnetic recording

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noun (1)

: the process of recording sound, data (as for a computer), or a television program by producing varying local magnetization of a moving tape or disc

magnetic recorder noun

magnetic recorder

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noun (2)

: a device for carrying out magnetic recording or a device that is usually incorporated with it for reproducing magnetically recorded sound by moving the magnetized material so that it induces a current which when amplified actuates a loudspeaker

Examples of magnetic recording in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

In the 1960s, Dictaphone finally embraced magnetic recording tape, in the form of cassette tapes. — IEEE Spectrum, 6 Jan. 2026

These HDDs use the company’s Mozaic 3+ heat assisted magnetic recording, HAMR, technology, where lasers are used to reduce the magnetic fields from the write head required to write a high-densities on stable high coercivity magnetic recording media. — Thomas Coughlin, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025

Western Digital already had a steep climb to win back NAS customers' trust after shipping NAS drives with SMR (shingled magnetic recording) instead of CMR (conventional magnetic recording). — Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 12 June 2023

Word History

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1945, in the meaning defined above

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