The Airstream tracks as smoothly as a phonograph needle.
From the latimes.com
To amplify the sound, he tried using a phonograph needle, a telephone mouthpiece and a radio speaker.
From the post-gazette.com
The tip of the AFM operates much like a phonograph needle.
From the sciencedaily.com
The car tracks like a phonograph needle.
From the latimes.com
For instance, what happens when the phonograph needle sticks as a big production number is roaring toward its finish?
From the chron.com
By placing a phonograph needle in the guitar, all six strings were amplified, which proved to be much louder.
From the dailyherald.com
Think of a device like a phonograph needle being used, on a nanoscale, to measure the peaks and valleys as it's dragged back and forth across a surface.
From the sciencedaily.com
Looking like a bag man coming off a bender, Shelly talks in a fretful, rambling singsong voice that sometimes gets stuck on a word like a phonograph needle.
From the theater.nytimes.com
An AFM uses an extremely fine stylus of silicon nitride to trace the contour of a surface, much as a phonograph needle traces the bumps and grooves on a record.