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How to pronounce microphone in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms mic, mike
Type of electro-acoustic transducer
Has types capacitor microphone, capacitor mike, condenser microphone, condenser mike, contact microphone, bug, crystal microphone, crystal mike, directional microphone, directional mike, contact mike

Examples of microphone

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There's a real sound system, including a microphone and a stereo-headphone jack.
From the businessweek.com
Coach Joel Quenneville will wear a live microphone during the practice sessions.
From the dailyherald.com
Parents can also use the Nook Tablet's microphone to record their own narration.
From the freep.com
When Hall took the microphone, he thanked the players for what they did for him.
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Miller nearly swallowed his microphone when Azinger's selections were announced.
From the courier-journal.com
As you take notes with the Pulse, a built-in microphone records the proceedings.
From the bloomberg.com
In a sense his solo turn at the microphone was a natural extension of his style.
From the nytimes.com
He was a guy who basically did nothing but stand at a microphone and tell jokes.
From the time.com
Your computer has been fitted with a microphone and speech-recognition software.
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  • Device for converting sound waves into electrical energy
  • A microphone (colloquially called a mic or mike; both pronounced) is an acoustic-to-electric transducer or sensor that converts sound into an electrical signal. In 1876, Emile Berliner invented the first microphone used as a telephone voice transmitter. ...
  • Microphone (Arabic: u0645u064Au0643u0631u0648u0641u0648u0646u200Eu200E) is a 2010 Egyptian independent film by Ahmad Abdalla about the underground art scene of the city of Alexandria, Egypt. The film received Best Arabic-language film Award from Cairo International Film Festival and Tanit d'Or from Journu00E9es cinu00E9matographiques de Carthage. In addition to Best Editing Award from Dubai International Film Festival in 2010.
  • "Microphone" is a second official single by supergroup Slaughterhouse from their self-titled debut album. It is produced by The Alchemist.
  • (Microphonic) Microphonics describes the phenomenon where certain components in electronic devices transform mechanical vibrations into an undesired electrical signal (noise). ...
  • (The Microphones) The Microphones were a lo-fi band based in Olympia, Washington, and fronted by Phil Elvrum. Elvrum is the principal member of the band, but he has collaborated with many other musicians on his records.
  • A device (transducer) used to convert sound waves into a varying electric current; normally fed into an amplifier and either recorded or broadcast; To put one or more microphones on or in
  • (Microphones) Shure, Audio Technica, Sennheiser and Audix
  • (Microphones) devices used in the recording of sound in film and video production; omni-directional microphones indiscriminately record sounds which reach them from all directions; shotgun (also called directional) microphones may be aimed precisely and exclude much sound which emanates from ...