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Microphone

A microphone, colloquially called a mic (/maɪk/), or mike, is a transducer that converts sound into an electrical signal. Microphones are used in telecommunication, sound recording, broadcasting, and consumer electronics, including telephones, hearing aids, and mobile devices.

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Microphone

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related to Further reading · 22
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measured by · 21
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related to MEMS · 20
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related to history · 16
Microphone → Antonio Meucci, BC Greece, Between, English, In, It, Italian, Meucci, Robert Hooke, Some, Speaking, The, These, This, To, Today
related to Liquid · 14
Microphone → Alexander Graham Bell, Bell, Bell's, Chambers, Early, Elisha Gray, Majoranna, Other, Reginald Fessenden, Sykes, The, These, Vanni, Watson
related to Powering · 14
Microphone → DIN, DSLRs, During, Europe, German DIN, IEC, In, Microphones, Phantom, Since, T-power, The, Tonaderspeisung, With
related to Calibration · 12
Microphone → All, Depending, Germany, Measurement, NIST, NPL, PTB, Since, This, To, UK, United States
related to Laser · 11
Microphone → An, Audio Engineering Society, In, Laser, New York City, October, On August, Particulate Flow Detection Microphone, Sound, The, US
related to Ribbon · 11
Microphone → Also, Basic, Blumlein, DX, Modern, Other, Protective, RCA Type, Ribbon, The, Though
is a · 10
Microphone → cardioid microphone, condenser microphone that uses a vacuum tube, device that uses a laser beam and smoke or vapor to detect sound vibrations in free air, difference in SPL between the noise floor and the maximum SPL, figure-8, function of frequency, highly directional design intended for noisy environments, round black eight ball, type of condenser microphone invented by Gerhard Sessler and James West at Bell laboratories in 1962, variant of the contact microphone that picks up speech directly from a person's throat

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microphones sound used pressure diaphragm signal impedance use voltage frequency condenser also sensitivity recording response electrical ribbon power two cardioid

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Microphoneis atype of condenser microphone invented by Gerhard Sessler and James West at Bell laboratories in 19620.90text
Microphoneis acondenser microphone that uses a vacuum tube0.90text
Microphoneis adevice that uses a laser beam and smoke or vapor to detect sound vibrations in free air0.90text
Microphoneis afigure-80.90text
Microphoneis afunction of frequency0.90text
Microphoneis around black eight ball0.90text
Microphoneis acardioid microphone0.90text
Microphoneis avariant of the contact microphone that picks up speech directly from a person's throat0.90text
Microphoneis ahighly directional design intended for noisy environments0.90text
Microphoneis adifference in SPL between the noise floor and the maximum SPL0.90text
diaphragm sizeinstance ofSometimes other characteristics0.80text
intended use or orientation of the principal sound input to the principal axisinstance ofSometimes other characteristics0.80text

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