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[ noun ] a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record

Synonyms

needle

Used in print

(Harold Searles, "Schizophrenic Communication,"...)

The content of his words may lapse back into monotonous repetition , as if a phonograph_needle were stuck in one groove ; only seldom is it so simple as to be a matter of his obviously parroting some timeworn axiom , common to our culture , which he has evidently heard , over_and_over , from a parent until he experiences it as part of him .

Related terms

stylus

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