DIRECTIONAL MICROPHONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does directional microphone mean? 

• DIRECTIONAL MICROPHONE (noun)
  The noun DIRECTIONAL MICROPHONE has 1 sense:

1. a microphone that is designed to receive sound from a particular direction

  Familiarity information: DIRECTIONAL MICROPHONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIRECTIONAL MICROPHONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A microphone that is designed to receive sound from a particular direction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

directional microphone; directional mike

Hypernyms ("directional microphone" is a kind of...):

mic; microphone; mike (device for converting sound waves into electrical energy)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "directional microphone"):

cardioid microphone; cardioid mike (a directional microphone with a cardioid pattern of sensitivity)

gun microphone; gun mike; shotgun microphone; shotgun mike (a highly directional microphone with a long barrel; can be directed from a distance)