| NOUN | artifact | microphone, mike, mic | device for converting sound waves into electrical energy |
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| Sounds | may'krahfow.n | |
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| Rhymes | acetone ... zone: 126 rhymes with own... | |
| Meaning | device for converting sound waves into electrical energy. | |
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| Synonyms | mike, mic | |
| Narrower | bug | A small hidden / hidden microphone |
| condenser microphone, capacitor microphone, condenser mike, capacitor mike | microphone consisting of a capacitor with one plate fixed and the other forming the diaphragm moved by sound waves | |
| contact microphone, contact mike | A microphone designed to be used in contact with a source of sound (or with a resonating surface) | |
| crystal microphone, crystal mike | A microphone in which sound waves vibrate a piezoelectric crystal that generates a varying voltage | |
| directional microphone, directional mike | A microphone that is designed to receive sound from a particular direction | |
| Broader | electro-acoustic transducer | A transducer that converts electrical to acoustic energy or vice versa |
| Spanish | micrófono, micro | |
| Catalan | micròfon, micro | |
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