microphonic
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or in the nature of a microphone.
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Electronics. tending to or capable of exhibiting microphonism.
adjective
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of or relating to microphones
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(of valves or other electronic components) unusually sensitive to incident sound or mechanical shock
Etymology
Origin of microphonic
First recorded in 1840–50; microphone + -ic
Example Sentences
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French microphonic devices, flown in to monitor buildings for faint sounds of breathing, were useless in the din of bulldozers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Old-time opera fans do not mind the drop in avoirdupois, but they sniff contemptuously at the comparatively microphonic murmuring that goes with it.
From Time Magazine Archive
We could hear the answering microphonic voice, "Yes Colonel."
From Wandl the Invader by Cummings, Ray
That which I had thought to be distilled silence, was microphonic Babel—an intimate commingling of analogous noises varying in quality and intensity.
From My Tropic Isle by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)
These results were published in 1878, but Hughes did much more work on the properties of such microphonic joints, of which he said nothing till many years afterwards.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various
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