pickup arm
- noun
- Specialized
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brazo de pickup
- The pickup arm should be balanced correctly for the best sound quality.
Examples
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Be careful not to touch the pickup arm while the record is playing.
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He replaced the old pickup arm with a high-end model to improve playback.
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The pickup arm is essential for playing vinyl records.
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I adjusted the pickup arm to improve sound quality.
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Make sure to adjust the pickup arm carefully before placing the needle on the record.
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To maintain good sound quality, the pickup arm must be level when playing a disc.
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A properly functioning pickup arm allows the needle to track the grooves smoothly.
Synonyms
A light balanced arm on a record player that holds the needle and moves across a record
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a straightforward compound where 'pickup' (the phono cartridge) modifies 'arm' (an arm-like projection), yielding the part that holds or supports the pickup. The meaning — the arm on a record player that carries the pickup — is directly derivable from the constituents and follows a common noun+noun part-of pattern, so a learner who knows both words will understand it.
Etymology
The noun pickup arm creates a simple picture: the word pickup shows what it does — it 'picks up' the music, and the arm is the small part that holds the needle and moves across the record grooves. That's why the term means the balanced, movable part on a record player that holds the cartridge and needle and reads the grooves to make sound.
