hot microphone
hot microphone noun: a microphone that is activated (but not powered) by the sound of the user's voice, allowing it to pick up speech without having to be manually turned on, while still rejecting background noise unaccompanied by speech.
Noun
hot microphone (plural hot microphones)
- A microphone that is activated (but not powered) by the sound of the user's voice, allowing it to pick up speech without having to be manually turned on, while still rejecting background noise unaccompanied by speech.
- When the captain asked, "What's happening? What's happening?" at 0150:06, his words were not recorded by the hot microphone at the first officer's position; however, the hot microphone recorded the captain's subsequent remarks until it stopped recording cockpit conversation at 0150:25. (None of the...2002 March 13, National Transportation Safety Board, “Events After the Command Captain Returned to the Cockpit”, in Aircraft Accident Brief: EgyptAir Flight 990, Boeing 767-366ER, SU-GAP, 60 Miles...
Forms of hot microphone
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Questions about hot microphone
- What does hot microphone mean?
- Hot microphone means a microphone that is activated (but not powered) by the sound of the user's voice, allowing it to pick up speech without having to be manually turned on, while still rejecting background noise unaccompanied by speech.
- What part of speech is hot microphone?
- Hot microphone is a noun.
- What is the plural of hot microphone?
- The plural of hot microphone is hot microphones.
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