Definition of microphone Microphone
/majˈkɹʌfowˌn/ - [maykrufown] - mi•cro•phone
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What does microphone mean?
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NounPlural: microphones |
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| microphone - device for converting sound waves into electrical energy | ||
| mike | ||
| electro-acoustic transducer a transducer that converts electrical to acoustic energy or vice versa | ||
| bug general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate | ||
| capacitor microphone, condenser microphone microphone consisting of a capacitor with one plate fixed and the other forming the diaphragm moved by sound waves | ||
| crystal microphone a microphone in which sound waves vibrate a piezoelectric crystal that generates a varying voltage | ||
| directional microphone a microphone that is designed to receive sound from a particular direction | ||
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- microphone (Noun)
A device transducer used to convert sound wave s into a varying electric current ; normally fed into an amplifier and either recorded or broadcast. - microphone (Verb)
To put one or more microphones on or in.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- microphone (n.)
An instrument for intensifying and making audible very feeble sounds. It produces its effects by the changes of intensity in an electric current, occasioned by the variations in the contact resistance of conducting bodies, especially of imperfect conductors, under the action of acoustic vibrations.
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microphone
A device used to convert sound waves into a varying electric current.
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A microphone, sometimes referred to as a mike or mic (both IPA pronunciation:), converts sound into an electrical signal.
Microphones are used in many applications such as telephones, tape recorders, hearing aids, motion picture production, live and recorded audio engineering, in radio and television broadcasting and in computers for recording voice.
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🔤- microphone, noun, singular of microphones.
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