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ELECTRIC PHONOGRAPH [1 record]

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Record 1 2015-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audio Technology
DEF

A motor-driven turntable, pickup arm, and stylus, for converting the signals impressed onto a phonograph record into a corresponding voltage.

OBS

This voltage is then applied to an amplifier (usually contained within the record player cabinet) for amplification and conversion to sound waves.

OBS

electric phonograph: Defined ... as a phonograph in which the turntable is driven by an electric motor and the output of the pickup is fed to an a-f amplifier and loudspeaker.

OBS

The terms "phonograph" and "gramophone" refer to the mechanically or electrically driven machine with incorporated amplifying unit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électroacoustique
DEF

Appareil de lecture de disque comprenant platine, tête de lecture et éventuellement amplificateur, haut-parleur.

OBS

électrophone : Ce terme est défini par l'AFNOR comme un «ensemble électroacoustique compact composé d'une platine tourne-disques, d'un amplificateur, et d'un ou plusieurs haut-parleurs qui peuvent être détachables».

OBS

phonographe : Désigne surtout les anciennes machines mécaniques.

OBS

pick-up : [...] le langage courant [...] a adopté les termes tourne-disque et même pick-up pour désigner l'électrophone lui-même [...]. On notera que ces termes s'emploient surtout lorsqu'il s'agit de petits électrophones portatifs.

OBS

Pluriel : des tourne-disques.

OBS

tourne-disques (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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