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    MIC

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Device for converting sound waves into electrical energyplay

    Synonyms:

    mic; microphone; mike

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("mic" is a kind of...):

    electro-acoustic transducer (a transducer that converts electrical to acoustic energy or vice versa)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mic"):

    bug (a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly)

    capacitor microphone; capacitor mike; condenser microphone; condenser mike (microphone consisting of a capacitor with one plate fixed and the other forming the diaphragm moved by sound waves)

    contact microphone; contact mike (a microphone designed to be used in contact with a source of sound (or with a resonating surface))

    crystal microphone; crystal mike (a microphone in which sound waves vibrate a piezoelectric crystal that generates a varying voltage)

    directional microphone; directional mike (a microphone that is designed to receive sound from a particular direction)

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