Stylus, lateral tracking error  --  The recording cutter head forms a tangent with all parts of the record groove by moving across the disc in a straight line, whereas the reproducing pickup traverses it in an arc. The axis of motion of the stylus is thus different to that of the cutter over a large portion of the disc surface. This is lateral tracking error, which produces second harmonic and intermodulation distortion.

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