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tone arm

–noun
the free-swinging bracket of a phonograph containing the pickup.
Also, tonearm.
Also called pickup arm.


Origin:
1910–15
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tone arm  
n.  The arm of a phonograph turntable that holds the cartridge.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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