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Definition of Headphone
1. Noun. Electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear. "It was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked"
Specialized synonyms: Earplug, Receiver, Telephone Receiver
Generic synonyms: Electro-acoustic Transducer
Definition of Headphone
1. Noun. A listening device placed or worn in the ear, usually sold in pairs ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Headphone
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Headphone
Literary usage of Headphone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Everyday: Views on Ambient Intelligenceby Emile H. L. Aarts, Stefano Marzano by Emile H. L. Aarts, Stefano Marzano (2003)
"3D headphones headphone ... The DSP then computes how the sounds should be
processed prior to headphone reproduction, so that exactly the same sound is ..."
2. Field Notebook for Oral History by Stacy Erickson (1996)
"A headphone jack allows a headphone to be used with the tape recorder, either to
monitor an interview as it occurs or later during the indexing or ..."
3. Teaching and Training Techniques: Lighting the Way to Performance Excellenceby Spence Rogers, Jim Ludington, Becky Graf by Spence Rogers, Jim Ludington, Becky Graf (2003)
"They can be connected through the headphone plug with a set of amplified ...
They can be wired into large sound systems through the headphone jack to work ..."
4. Mentally Incontinent by Joe Peacock (2005)
""YOU lost the jack I put in the headphone slot!" I demanded. "It's YOUR piece of
shit laptop!" he returned. "Maybe—" Andrea interjected from my left, ..."
5. What Society Does to Girls by Joyce Nicholson (1975)
"On page 3 of this catalogue, we find a toy headphone transistor radio. Who is
wearing it? A little boy, of course, because boys are expected to understand ..."
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