crystal pickup

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crystal pickup [¦krist·əl ′pik‚əp]

(engineering acoustics)

A phonograph pickup in which movements of the needle in the record groove cause deformation of a piezoelectric crystal, thereby generating an audio-frequency output voltage between opposite faces of the crystal. Also known as piezoelectric pickup.

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