long-playing
[
lawng
-
pley
-ing,
long
-]
/ˈlɔŋˈpleɪ ɪŋ, ˈlɒŋ-/
adjective
1.
of or relating to microgroove records devised to be played at 33 1/3 revolutions per minute.
Origin of
long-playing
1945-50
Examples from the web for
long-playing
long-playing
records did not make live concerts obsolete.
The more
long-playing
the tape, the thinner the tape stock.
One is reminded of the pragmatists' disdain for
long-playing
records when compact disks arrived.
Operations were cut back, and experimentation began with
long-playing
records.
British Dictionary definitions for
long-playing
long-playing
adjective
1.
of or relating to an LP (long-playing record)
Word Origin and History for
long-playing
adj.
1910, of recordings, from
long
(adj.) + present participle of
play
(v.).