About The Word Microphone
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Microphone
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What's The Definition Of Microphone?
[n] device for converting sound waves into electrical energy
Synonyms | Synonyms for Microphone: mike Related Terms | Find terms related to Microphone: See Also | bug | capacitor microphone | condenser microphone | crystal microphone | electro-acoustic transducer | spike mike Microphone In Webster's Dictionary \Mi"cro*phone\, n. [Micro- + Gr. ? sound, voice: cf.
F. 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 resistance of conducting bodies, especially of
imperfect conductors, under the action of acoustic
vibrations.
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