autochanger

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noun

A device for playing multiple music media of a certain kind (gramophone records, compact discs, etc.) in a predetermined sequence without user intervention.

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Meanings

nounautochanger (plural autochangers)

plural autochangers

  1. A device for playing multiple music media of a certain kind (gramophone records, compact discs, etc.) in a predetermined sequence without user intervention.

    Cedric [...] opened the record player and showed him the revolving disc and the others poised above it on the auto-changer.

    1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 71
  2. computingAn automatic tape loader, for switching automatically between several computer backup tapes.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
record changer

Origin

From auto- + changer.

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Cite this entry
APA

autochanger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autochanger

MLA

“autochanger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autochanger. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autochanger,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autochanger.

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