(On a gramophone record) the blank groove crossing the area between the label and the grooves carrying the recording; the area occupied by such a groove.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Popular Science Monthly.
Definition of run-out groove in US English:
run-out groove
noun
(On a gramophone record) the blank groove crossing the area between the label and the grooves carrying the recording; the area occupied by such a groove.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Popular Science Monthly.