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Definition of Microphone

1. Noun. Device for converting sound waves into electrical energy.

Definition of Microphone

1. n. An instrument for intensifying and making audible very feeble sounds. It produces its effects by the changes of intensity in an electric current, occasioned by the variations in the contact resistance of conducting bodies, especially of imperfect conductors, under the action of acoustic vibrations.

Definition of Microphone

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Medical Definition of Microphone

1. An instrument for intensifying and making audible very feeble sounds. It produces its effects by the changes of intensity in an electric current, occasioned by the variations in the contact resistance of conducting bodies, especially of imperfect conductors, under the action of acoustic vibrations. Origin: Micro- + Gr. Sound, voice: cf. F. Microphone. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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