throat microphone
noun
a microphone worn around the throat and actuated by vibrations of the larynx, used when background noise would obscure the sound of speech, as in an airplane cockpit.
Origin of throat microphone
1First recorded in 1955–60
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How to use throat microphone in a sentence
A throat microphone picked up the words and transmitted them to the ears of the man in the screen.
Anything You Can Do ... | Gordon Randall Garrett
British Dictionary definitions for throat microphone
throat microphone
noun
a type of microphone that is held against the throat to pick up voice vibrations: Also called: throat mike
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