Microphone Definition

mīkrə-fōn
microphones
noun
microphones
An instrument containing a transducer that converts the mechanical energy of sound waves into an electric signal, used in telephony, radio, sound amplification, etc.
Webster's New World
The definition of a microphone is something you talk into that magnifies your voice or makes it louder.
An example of microphone is something a singer sings into so people in the back row can hear him.
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verb
To put one or more microphones on or in.
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Other Word Forms of Microphone

Noun

Singular:
microphone
Plural:
microphones

Microphone Sentence Examples

  • At first it was usual to join the microphone transmitter in the direct circuit.

  • He wore headphones and spoke into a microphone, simultaneously responding to half a dozen chat windows open on this computer.

  • Hughes invented the microphone, but did not apply for letters patent.

  • Another type of microphone which was used in Europe much more than in the United States was the multiple-contact instrument.

  • Instead, it is placed near where the string is plucked and a small microphone picks up the sound.

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