CONTACT MICROPHONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does contact microphone mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONTACT MICROPHONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

contact microphone; contact mike

Hypernyms ("contact 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 "contact microphone"):

spike microphone; spike mike (a contact microphone for listening through walls)