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Microphone
Microphone 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.
Meaning of Microphone from wikipedia
- A
microphone,
colloquially called a mic (/maɪk/), or mike, is a
transducer that
converts sound into an
electrical signal.
Microphones are used in many...
- The
Microphones were an
American indie folk,
indie rock, and
experimental project from Olympia, Washington. The
project was
founded in 1996 and ended...
-
Microphonics, microphony, or
microphonism describes the
phenomenon wherein certain components in
electronic devices transform mechanical vibrations into...
-
lavalier microphone or
lavalier (also
known as a lav,
lapel mic, clip mic, body mic,
collar mic, neck mic or
personal mic) is a
small microphone used for...
- A
wireless microphone, or
cordless microphone, is a
microphone without a
physical cable connecting it
directly to the
sound recording or
amplifying equipment...
- A
ribbon microphone, also
known as a
ribbon velocity microphone, is a type of
microphone that uses a thin aluminum,
duraluminum or
nanofilm of electrically...
- A
microphone array is any
number of
microphones operating in tandem.
There are many applications:
Systems for
extracting voice input from
ambient noise...
- A
parabolic microphone is a
microphone that uses a
parabolic reflector to
collect and
focus sound waves onto a transducer, in much the same way that a...
- Røde
Microphones (/ˈroʊd/;
stylized RØDE),
officially Freedman Electronics Pty Ltd, is an
Australian audio technology company specializing in the design...
- A
contact microphone is a form of
microphone that
senses audio vibrations through contact with
solid objects.
Unlike normal air
microphones,
contact microphones...
