CRYSTAL PICKUP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crystal pickup mean? 

• CRYSTAL PICKUP (noun)
  The noun CRYSTAL PICKUP has 1 sense:

1. a cartridge in which an output voltage is produced by the vibration of a piezoelectric crystal

  Familiarity information: CRYSTAL PICKUP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRYSTAL PICKUP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cartridge in which an output voltage is produced by the vibration of a piezoelectric crystal

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Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("crystal pickup" is a kind of...):

cartridge; pickup (an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable)

Meronyms (parts of "crystal pickup"):

crystal (a crystalline element used as a component in various electronic devices)