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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.
throat microphone
noun
- a type of microphone that is held against the throat to pick up voice vibrations Also calledthroat mike
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Word History and Origins
Origin of throat microphone1
First recorded in 1955–60
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Example Sentences
A throat microphone picked up the words and transmitted them to the ears of the man in the screen.
From Project Gutenberg
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