"wire recorder" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wire recorders [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wire recorder (plural wire recorders)
  1. (historical) A device for analogue audio storage made magnetically onto fine steel or stainless steel wire, introduced commercially after World War II primarily for office dictation. Tags: historical Translations (analogue audio storage device): lankanauhuri (Finnish), lankamagnetofoni (Finnish), trådspelare (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-wire_recorder-en-noun-CyikX7IT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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