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microphones

microphones is the plural of microphone.

microphones is the third-person singular simple present indicative of microphone.

Meaning of microphone

Noun

microphone (plural microphones)

  1. A device (transducer) used to convert sound waves into a varying electric current; normally fed into an amplifier and either recorded or transmitted over radio.
    • Behind the tangled garden of microphones that had sprouted on the lectern, Goldwater spoke softly and casually about his family.1965, Charles McDowell, Campaign Fever: The National Folk Festival, from New Hampshire to November, 1964, Morrow, page 11
    Synonyms:
    mic, mike
  2. (obsolete) A speaking trumpet or hearing trumpet; an acoustic device to concentrate or amplify sound.

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Phrases with microphones

Questions about microphones

What is microphones the plural of?
Microphones is the plural of microphone.

Words near microphones in the dictionary

  1. microphiles
  2. microphilia
  3. microphobia
  4. microphone
  5. microphoned
  6. microphones
  7. microphonic
  8. microphonically
  9. microphonics
  10. microphoning
  11. microphonist

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