Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun magnetic_head

1 sense of magnetic head

Sense 1
magnetic head -- (an electromagnet (as on a tape recorder) that converts electrical variations into magnetic variations that can be stored on a surface and later retrieved)
       => electromagnet -- (a temporary magnet made by coiling wire around an iron core; when current flows in the coil the iron becomes a magnet)