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mike
(mīk) Informaln.
A microphone.
tr.v. miked, mik·ing, mikes
To supply with or transmit through a microphone.
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mike
(maɪk)n
(Electronics) informal short for microphone
Mike
(maɪk)n
(Telecommunications) communications a code word for the letter m
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mike
(maɪk)n., v. miked, mik•ing. n.
1. a microphone.
v.t. 2. to supply or amplify with one or more microphones: to mike a singer.
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mike
Past participle: miked
Gerund: miking
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| Noun | 1. |  mike - device for converting sound waves into electrical energybug - a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly capacitor microphone, condenser microphone - microphone consisting of a capacitor with one plate fixed and the other forming the diaphragm moved by sound waves crystal microphone - a microphone in which sound waves vibrate a piezoelectric crystal that generates a varying voltage directional microphone - a microphone that is designed to receive sound from a particular direction electro-acoustic transducer - a transducer that converts electrical to acoustic energy or vice versa spike mike - a contact microphone for listening through walls |
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Translations
mikrofon
mikrofon
MichiMikro
Mati
Mattimikrofoni
mikrofon
マイク
마이크
mikrofon
mick
ไมโครโฟน
micrô
Mike
[maɪk] N (familiar form) of Michael for the love of Mike! → ¡por Dios!mike
[maɪk] N ABBR =microphone → micro mCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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microphone
(ˈmaikrəfəun) noun (abbreviation mike (maik) ) an electronic instrument for picking up sound waves to be broadcast, recorded or amplified as in radio, the telephone, a tape-recorder etc. Speak into the microphone.
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mike
→ مَيْكْرُوفُون mikrofon mikrofon Mikro μικρόφωνο micro mikrofoni micro mikrofon microfono マイク 마이크 microfoon mikk mikrofon microfone микрофон mick ไมโครโฟน mikrofon micrô 麦克风Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009