MAGNETIC HEAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does magnetic head mean? 

• MAGNETIC HEAD (noun)
  The noun MAGNETIC HEAD has 1 sense:

1. an electromagnet (as on a tape recorder) that converts electrical variations into magnetic variations that can be stored on a surface and later retrieved

  Familiarity information: MAGNETIC HEAD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAGNETIC HEAD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An electromagnet (as on a tape recorder) that converts electrical variations into magnetic variations that can be stored on a surface and later retrieved

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("magnetic head" is a kind of...):

electromagnet (a temporary magnet made by coiling wire around an iron core; when current flows in the coil the iron becomes a magnet)

Holonyms ("magnetic head" is a part of...):

tape machine; tape recorder (a magnetic recorder using magnetic tape)