microphone
Noun
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Device for converting sound waves into electrical energy (synset 103765483)
is a type of: electro-acoustic transducer - a transducer that converts electrical to acoustic energy or vice versasubtypes:
- bug - a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly
- capacitor microphone, capacitor mike, condenser microphone, condenser 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
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