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Cardioid Microphone

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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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