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Cardioid Microphone (noun)
Type: noun
Pronunciation: /kar-diod-micro-fone/
Also spelled or known as: Cardioid, Unidirectional Microphone, Unidirectional Pattern
Related: Unidirectional Cardioid Microphone, Cardioid
What does Cardioid Microphone mean?
A type of microphone with a heart-shaped pickup pattern that picks up sounds in front of it, but not behind it.
A Cardioid microphone (also known as “Unidirectional 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 Microphone Synonyms: Unidirectional Microphone
Example sentence: “I got you this cardioid microphone for your birthday.”
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