magnetoscope
- noun
- /ˈmæɡnɪtəˌskoʊp/
- Archaic
:
magnetoscopio
- The museum displayed a vintage magnetoscope alongside early video recordings.
Examples
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The magnetoscope recorded the concert beautifully.
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Do you still use a magnetoscope?
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The technician repaired the old magnetoscope so the archive tapes could be viewed again.
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Before DVDs became common, families often watched home movies on a magnetoscope.
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The technician repaired the broken magnetoscope so it could play the old tapes again.
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With the magnetoscope, she was able to record her favorite television shows easily.
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He connected the magnetoscope to the television to watch the recorded movies.
Synonyms
69
2.4
A machine that records and plays sound on tape
7
2.0
A machine that uses cassette tapes to let you hear recorded music
4
3.2
A device that records or plays sound on magnetic tape
1
4.3
A machine that records and plays television shows on tape
A device that uses magnetic tape or disk to save sound, pictures and data
Surface Forms
Morphology
magnetoscope = magnet + scope
Although it contains 'magnet' and '-scope', the tape-recording or playback meaning is a specialized historical usage that is not straightforwardly predictable from the parts.
Etymology
Magnetoscope comes from magnet ('a piece that attracts certain metals') and -scope ('to look'), like in telescope. So a magnetoscope was named as a machine that 'looks' at pictures and sound on magnetic tape — in other words, a video or audio recorder/player.