microphone
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krəˌfoʊn noun
an instrument capable of transforming sound waves into changes in electric currents or voltage, used in recording or transmitting sound.
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| See also carbon microphone Compare loudspeaker Informal name: mike a device used in sound-reproduction systems for converting sound into electrical energy, usually by means of a ribbon or diaphragm set into motion by the sound waves. The vibrations are converted into the equivalent audio-frequency electric currents | |
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Microphone
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Word Origin & History
microphone
coined from Gk. mikros "small" + phone "sound" (see fame). Modern meaning dates from 1929, from use in radio broadcasting and movie recording. Earlier, "telephone transmitter" (1878) and "ear trumpet for the hard-of-hearing" (1683). Of the two spellings of the short form of
the word, mike (1927) is older than mic (1961).
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microphone definition
hardware, audioAny electromechanical device designed to convert sound into an electrical signal.
A microphone converts an acoustic waveform consisting of alternating high and low air pressure travelling through the air into a voltage. To do this it uses some kind of pressure or movement sensor. The simplest kind of microphone is actually very similar in construction to a loudspeaker.
The analogue electrical signal can be fed into a computer's sound card where it is amplified and sampled to convert it into a digital waveform for storage or transmission.
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Don't bump into any microphone stands if you're in a recording studio.
Some queue up to hear their babies' heartbeats on a microphone.
The closer to the ear the microphone is located, the simpler the process becomes.
In one test, the researchers showed how a rootkit could turn on a phone's microphone without the owner knowing it happened.
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