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  • noun The long, spiral groove of a vinyl LP record

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Examples

  • Just don't load it too much or it pushes through the microgroove on an older barrel.

    Ammo Shortage: Panic Now! Beat the Rush! 2006

  • Today in 1948, the first successful long-playing microgroove phonograph records were introduced to the public at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.

    Archive 2006-06-01 Staq Mavlen 2006

  • Today in 1948, the first successful long-playing microgroove phonograph records were introduced to the public at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.

    Today In History: LPs Introduced Staq Mavlen 2006

  • The heavy, folded kraft paper used to protect 78 r.p.m. records left marks on the vinyl microgroove when 33 1/3 r.p.m.

    NYT > Home Page By STEVEN HELLER 2011

  • (stock / receiver) and 16.5 inches (microgroove barrel) for transport in a blue padded, floatable made-in-America Allen case that itself measures 24.5 inches.

    unknown title 2009

  • It is true that, last time around, the new and compatible microgroove records established themselves very quickly; but there was not, then, a record player in almost every home ... "

    Stereophile RSS Feed 2009

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