microphone

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   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.

2. 2
   noun

   device for converting sound waves into electrical energy

3. 3
   noun

   A speaking trumpet or hearing trumpet; an acoustic device to concentrate or amplify sound.

4. 4
   verb

   To put one or more microphones on or in.

Etymology

From micro- + -phone.