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Cardioid (noun)
Type: noun
Pronunciation: /kar-diod/
Also spelled or known as: Cardioid Microphone, Cardioid Pattern, Unidirectional Microphone, Unidirectional Pattern
Related: Unidirectional
What does Cardioid mean?
A type of microphone with a heart-shaped pickup pattern that picks up sounds in front of it, but not behind it.
A Unidirectional (also known as “Cardioid”) microphone is a type of microphone with a heart-shaped pickup pattern that picks up sounds in front of it, but not behind it. They reject background noise.
Cardioid Synonyms: Unidirectional
Example sentence: “This new mic is a Cardioid microphone.”
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