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recorder

  • noun
  • re·cord·er
  • /ɹiˈkɔː.də/

An apparatus for recording; a device which records.

Other meanings

  1. agent noun of record; one who records.

  2. A judge in a municipal court.

Synonyms

  • recording equipment
  • recording machine

A kind of

  • equipment

Kinds of recorder

  • black box
  • cassette recorder
  • compact-disk burner
  • magnetic recorder

Word history

From Latin "recordor" (call to mind, remember, recollect).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “recorder” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.