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MIKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mike mean? 

MIKE (noun)
  The noun MIKE has 1 sense:

1. device for converting sound waves into electrical energyplay

  Familiarity information: MIKE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MIKE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Device for converting sound waves into electrical energy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

mic; microphone; mike

Hypernyms ("mike" is a kind of...):

electro-acoustic transducer (a transducer that converts electrical to acoustic energy or vice versa)

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

bug (a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly)

capacitor microphone; capacitor mike; condenser microphone; condenser mike (microphone consisting of a capacitor with one plate fixed and the other forming the diaphragm moved by sound waves)

contact microphone; contact mike (a microphone designed to be used in contact with a source of sound (or with a resonating surface))

crystal microphone; crystal mike (a microphone in which sound waves vibrate a piezoelectric crystal that generates a varying voltage)

directional microphone; directional mike (a microphone that is designed to receive sound from a particular direction)


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