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magnetophone

magnetophone noun: a tape recorder (device using magnetic tape as a storage medium).

Noun

magnetophone (plural magnetophones)

  1. (dated) A tape recorder (device using magnetic tape as a storage medium).
  2. (dated) An electromagnetic microphone.

magnetophone meaning in Tamil

magnetophone in Tamil

காந்தப்பன்னி

Forms of magnetophone

pluralmagnetophones

Origin of magnetophone

From magneto- + -phone. The sense “tape recorder” is probably a semantic loan from German Magnetophon (modern spelling Magnetofon), which was initially a brand name).

Questions about magnetophone

What does magnetophone mean?
Magnetophone means a tape recorder (device using magnetic tape as a storage medium).
What is magnetophone in Tamil?
Magnetophone in Tamil is காந்தப்பன்னி. See Magnetophone meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is magnetophone?
Magnetophone is a noun.
What is the plural of magnetophone?
The plural of magnetophone is magnetophones.

Words near magnetophone in the dictionary

  1. magnetooscillation
  2. magnetooscillations
  3. magnetopause
  4. magnetopauses
  5. magnetoperception
  6. magnetophone
  7. magnetophones
  8. magnetophonon
  9. magnetophonons
  10. magnetophoreses
  11. magnetophoresis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: magnetophone (page history and authors); magnetophone (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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