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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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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
EXPANDthe word, mike (1927) is older than mic (1961).
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