How do you use Microphone in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like mike, plus the exact meaning.
Microphone meaning
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.
Synonyms of Microphone
Using Microphone
- The main meaning on this page is: 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.
- Useful related words include: mike, electro-acoustic transducer.
- In the example corpus, microphone often appears in combinations such as: the microphone, microphone and, microphone to.
Context around Microphone
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 13 start, 6 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Microphone
- In this selection, "microphone" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 30.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, main, top, external, generally, picks and connected stand out and add context to how "microphone" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a stereo microphone is stationed and after his microphone was cut. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "microphone" sits close to words such as announcements, educators and profiles, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with microphone
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This can be either your computer’s built-in microphone or an external microphone connected to your computer. (18 words)
After his microphone was cut, Buress tried to continue his set without the microphone by projecting his voice. (18 words)
Another common external connector is the microphone connector, for signals from a microphone or other low-level input device. (19 words)
Those wanting to mute their microphone by default will need to look for "Microphone Status When Logging In," and interested players can then set it to mute so that it will be not be active when the controller turns on by default. (42 words)
A modem would modulate a loudspeaker in the cup attached to the handset's microphone, and sound from the loudspeaker in the telephone handset's earpiece would be picked up by a microphone in the cup attached to the earpiece. (40 words)
Gambino set down the microphone, and as he walked back offstage for the final time, the video on the jumbotron behind him zoomed in on the microphone placed in the front of the stage, symbolic of his farewell tour. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
Instead of using the main microphone, these apps are using the top microphone, a microphone generally reserved for secondary audio reception, utilizing said audio only for noise cancellation – but that’s not what happens in all cases.
If a microphone is in front of a loudspeaker that it is connected to, sound that the microphone picks up comes out of the speaker, and is picked up by the microphone and re-amplified.
This can be either your computer’s built-in microphone or an external microphone connected to your computer.
A powerful camera and reliable microphone can do wonders for your productivity working from home, and there's now an AI-enhanced camera and microphone duo price-dropped for Memorial Day: the Mobile Pixels Smart Camera.
There's a microphone, loudspeaker, SIM tray, and a USB Type-C port at the bottom, whereas the top houses another microphone.
But frankly, I’m not optimistic that Trump and Biden can be reined in. If either wants to say something, you can bet they’re going to find a way to say it — microphone or no microphone.
Its top is outfitted with four microphone holes and an array of controls: Two volume buttons, the microphone on/off button, and the Alexa button.
The team at Audible put together a kit containing “everything she needed to turn her home into a professional recording studio” — including a microphone, audio interface, monitor, Bluetooth mouse, pop filter, microphone stand, headphones and cabling.
The USB microphone takes the place of a laptop’s microphone which tend to be cheap devices and can pick up the sound of the hard drive spinning away inside a laptop.
Those wanting to mute their microphone by default will need to look for "Microphone Status When Logging In," and interested players can then set it to mute so that it will be not be active when the controller turns on by default.
I stood in front of microphone after microphone, spinning the thin bands around my fingers, and I looked out upon all those strangers, and, lo, I was not afraid.
After his microphone was cut, Buress tried to continue his set without the microphone by projecting his voice.
Gambino set down the microphone, and as he walked back offstage for the final time, the video on the jumbotron behind him zoomed in on the microphone placed in the front of the stage, symbolic of his farewell tour.
Along with the microphone and speaker, additional circuitry is incorporated to prevent the incoming speaker signal and the outgoing microphone signal from interfering with each other.
A modem would modulate a loudspeaker in the cup attached to the handset's microphone, and sound from the loudspeaker in the telephone handset's earpiece would be picked up by a microphone in the cup attached to the earpiece.
Another common external connector is the microphone connector, for signals from a microphone or other low-level input device.
Since the current path A8 – A3 has a far lower impedance than the microphone (A2), virtually all of the incoming signal passes through it and bypasses the microphone.
The curve for a standard cardioid microphone, the most common unidirectional microphone, can be represented as at its target design frequency. citation The pattern shifts toward omnidirectionality at lower frequencies.
The debate proved to be a pivotal moment in the campaign; when the moderator, John Breen, ordered Reagan's microphone turned off, his angry response, "I am paying for this microphone," struck a chord with the public.
The third microphone, which is often a stereo microphone, is stationed inside the car to get the car interior.
Common combinations with microphone
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the microphone 75×
- microphone and 26×
- microphone to 15×
- and microphone 10×
- microphone in 10×
- microphone on 9×
- his microphone 8×
- microphone is 7×
- microphone or 7×
- with microphone 6×