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noun |
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a device that changes sound waves into electronic signals. Microphones are used to make sounds louder or to broadcast or record them.
The students couldn't hear the principal talking because the microphone was off.
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The word
microphone was formed from two ancient Greek words:
mikros , meaning "small" and
phone, meaning "sound". A microphone makes little sounds bigger.