microphone

Noun

microphone

1. A device (transducer) used to convert sound waves into a varying electric current; normally fed into an amplifier and either recorded or broadcast.

Synonyms:

• (transducer of sound waves to electricity): mic, mike

10 letters in word "microphone": C E H I M N O O P R.

No anagrams for microphone found in this word list.

• Definitions:
• An instrument that converts sound into electricity for the purpose of transmitting or recording (as in radio, TV or tape recording).
• An instrument that is used to change voice waves into electrical pulses and on to an amplifier.
• 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
• An audio device that converts sound energy (such as voice waves) into electrical energy which can then be amplified.
• Electrical instrument used to amplify the speaker's voice
• Usually shortened to mic. An instrument which collects live sound and coverts it to electrical impulses which are then input into a mixer/amplifier.
• An audio device used to create electronic signals out of sound vibrations. A microphone is a transducer, or quite simply, an energy converter.
• Converts audible sound energy (moving air) into electrical energy (voltage)
• A device that converts sounds to electrical signals by means of a vibrating diaphragm. The signals can then be amplified, transmitted for broadcasting, or used for recording the sounds.
• Electroacoustic transducer that converts sound energy into electric energy.
• A device for the pickup and conversion of sound into electric energy. Also called mic.
• A device which transduces audible sounds into electrical waves, which can be amplified and recorded.
• device for converting sound waves into electrical energy
• A microphone, sometimes referred to as a mike or mic (both IPA pronunciation: ), is an acoustic to electric transducer or sensor that converts sound pressure into an electrical signal. ...
• A device which converts sound into electrical impulses, usually for recording or amplification.

• microphages ←
• microphage ←
• micropegmatitic ←
• microphone
• → microphones
• → microphonic
• → microphonics