ribbon microphone

ribbon microphone

noun
a microphone that utilizes a metal ribbon suspended in a magnetic field.

Origin:
1930–35
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ribbon microphone
 
n
a type of microphone in which the conductor is a thin ribbon of aluminium alloy moving perpendicularly in a magnetic field. It is strongly directional and can be used to reduce unwanted side noise

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