1) Electro-acoustic transducer 2) Mike 3) Voice transmitter
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1) Mic 2) Mike
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A microphone, colloquially mic or mike (k), is an acoustic-to-electric transducer or sensor that converts sound in air into an electrical signal. Microphones are used in many applications such as telephones, hearing aids, public address systems for concert halls and public events, motion picture production, live and recorded audio engineering, two...
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• (n.) An instrument for intensifying and making audible very feeble sounds. It produces its effects by the changes of intensity in an electric current, occasioned by the variations in the contact resistance of conducting bodies, especially of imperfect conductors, under the action of acoustic vibrations.
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A sound sensitive device that transmits (carries) dialogue, background noise, music, et al, to a recording or amplification system. In effect the microphone transforms sound waves into electrical impulses
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device for converting acoustic power into electric power that has essentially similar wave characteristics. While those on telephone transmitters ... [7 related articles]
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A device for converting sound waves into electrical impulses. The carbon microphone used in telephone mouthpieces has thin diaphragm behind which are packed tiny carbon granules. Sound waves vibrate the diaphragm, exerting a variable pressure on the granules. This varies their electrical resistance,...
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electroacoustic transducer by which electrical signals are obtained from acoustic oscillations
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A transducer which converts sound pressure waves into electrical signals.
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Device for converting sound into electrical pulses which can then be amplified or recorded onto tape. Signals from a microphone are very low level and are amplified in the mixing desk to line level. See Dynamic Mic, Condenser Mic, Phantom Power, Pick-up, Radio Mic.
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<physics> An instrument for intensifying and making audible very feeble sounds. It produces its effects by the changes of intensity in an electric current, occasioned by the variations in the contact resistance of conducting bodies, especially of imperfect conductors, under the action of acoustic vibrations. ... Origin: Micro- + Gr. Sound, vo...
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(mi´kro-fōn) a device to pick up sound for purposes of amplification or transmission.
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Any transducer that converts acoustical energy or sound into an electrical audio signal. (WW)
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Mi'cro·phone noun [
Micro- + Greek ... sound, voice: confer French
microphone .]
(Physics) An instrument for intensifying and making audible very feeble sounds. It produces its effects by the changes of intensity in an electric current, occasioned by the variations in the contact re...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: mī′krō-fōn Definitions: 1. An instrument for converting sounds to electrical signals.
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A microphone is the first component in a sound recording system. It converts sound waves into electrical energy. A simple microphone is the telephone receiver mouthpiece. The microphone was invented by Hughes in 1878. The most sensitive conductor of sound was found to be willow-charcoal, dipped when at white-heat into a bath of mercury. A piece of ...
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This is a device for converting acoustic sound waves into an electrical representation of the sound wave. Microphones are categorised according to several different attributes. For example: Sensitivity Pattern (Polar Pattern) How they convert acoustic to electric waves Frequency Response
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A microphone is an input device in an electronic system. It converts sound energy into electrical energy. It is therefore a transducer
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n] - device for converting sound waves into electrical energy
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microphone, microphonic An instrument whereby sound waves are caused to generate or modulate an electric current usually for the purpose of transmitting or recording speech or music.
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An acoustical-electrical transducer by which sound waves in air may be converted to electrical signals.
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mike noun device for converting sound waves into electrical energy
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Primary component in a sound-reproducing system, whereby the mechanical energy of sound waves is converted into electrical signals by means of a transducer. In one type, a diaphragm is attached to a coil of wire placed between two poles of a permanent magnet. Sound waves cause the diaphragm to vibrate, which in turn causes the coil of wire to m...
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Usually shortened to mic. An instrument which collects live sound and coverts it to electrical impulses which are then input into a mixer/amplifier.
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