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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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
French microphonic devices, flown in to monitor buildings for faint sounds of breathing, were useless in the din of bulldozers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Telephonic currents—that is, currents induced in the secondary wire of an induction coil due to the variation of microphonic currents in the primary wire—are not alternating currents.
From Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891 by Various
The song of the bobolinks dropped from above, and the microphonic tune of the sparrows came up from the grass,—sky and earth keeping holiday together.
From Birds in the Bush by Bradford Torrey
But cautiously, for we knew that the microphonic ears of a jailor might be upon us.
From Tarrano the Conqueror by Ray Cummings
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