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microphone

[mahy-kruh-fohn] / ˈmaɪ krəˌfoʊn /
NOUN
instrument that transforms sound waves into electric currents
Synonyms
STRONGEST
mic mike
STRONG
WEAK


Example Sentences

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He records them with sensitive binaural microphones, which have the ability to pick up sounds exactly the way you’d hear them if you were in that place yourself.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Empire State Building in bustling Manhattan is now equipped with super sensitive microphones, tuning into bird calls and the slightest flutter of insects amid the cacophony of the concrete jungle.

From The Wall Street Journal

Five posed as construction workers, when the real ones took off, and hid a microphone between the wood bin and the fireplace.

From Los Angeles Times

“Seek them out—we call them the antibodies of the community—and put a microphone on them, and say, ‘Tell us how you did this.’

From The Wall Street Journal

“I don’t know what I’m gonna say because I don’t have any speech prepared,” she yelled into the microphone as she received her trophy.

From Los Angeles Times