microphone
verbEtymology From micro- + -phone.
1
To put one or more microphones on or in.
microphone
nounUK /ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌfəʊn/ · CA, US /ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌfoʊn/
Etymology From micro- + -phone.
1
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.1965, Charles McDowell, Campaign Fever: The National Folk Festival, from New Hampshire to November, 1964, Morrow, page 11:
- It rained hard through most of Roosevelt's Second Inaugural. Audio tape recordings of the speech feature the tattoo of the rain on Roosevelt's microphone[…]1994, High Definition Television: An Annotated Multidisciplinary Bibliography, 1981-1992, page 112:
2
Obsolete A speaking trumpet or hearing trumpet; an acoustic device to concentrate or amplify sound.