tracing distortion
tracing distortion
[′trās·iŋ di‚stȯr·shən] (engineering acoustics)
The nonlinear distortion introduced in the reproduction of a mechanical recording because the curve traced by the motion of the reproducing stylus is not an exact replica of the modulated groove.
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