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View synonyms for magnetic tape
magnetic tape
noun
- a ribbon of material, usually with a plastic base, coated on one side single tape or both sides double tape with a substance containing iron oxide, to make it sensitive to impulses from an electromagnet: used to record sound, images, data, etc.
magnetic tape
noun
- a long narrow plastic or metal strip coated or impregnated with a ferromagnetic material such as iron oxide, used to record sound or video signals or to store information in computers Sometimes (informal) shortened tomag tape
magnetic tape
- A plastic tape coated with iron oxide for use in magnetic recording.
magnetic tape
- A device for storing information, in which signals are recorded by lining up small bits of magnetic materials in the coating on the tape. Ordinary tape recorders use magnetic tape.
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Origin of magnetic tape1
First recorded in 1935–40
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