PICKUP ARM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pickup arm mean? 

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

1. mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PICKUP ARM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

pickup; pickup arm; tone arm

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

mechanical device (mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles)

Holonyms ("pickup arm" is a part of...):

phonograph; record player (machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically)