microphone /mīˈkrə-fōn/

1. An instrument for intensifying sounds
2. A sensitive instrument (short form mike /mīk/), similar to a telephone transmitter, for picking up sound waves to be broadcast or amplified and translating them, eg by means of a diaphragm and carbon granules, into a fluctuating electric current

microphonic /-fonˈik/ adjective

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