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microphone

acoustic-to-electric transducer or sensor that converts sound into an electrical signal
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microphone

Summary

microphone ranks in the top 1% of practices entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,501 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • microphone is a type of sound transducer[2].
  • microphone is a type of sensor[3].
  • microphone is a type of input device[4].
  • microphone is a type of musical instrument[5].
  • microphone's Commons category is recorded as Microphones[6].
  • microphone's Unicode character is recorded as 🎤[7].
  • microphone's Unicode character is recorded as 🎙[8].
  • microphone's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Microphones[9].
  • microphone's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[10].
  • microphone's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11].
  • microphone's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[12].
  • microphone's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13].
  • microphone's used by is recorded as human[14].
  • microphone's exact match is recorded as http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/03759954-n[15].
  • microphone's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[16].

Why It Matters

microphone ranks in the top 1% of practices entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,501 views/month).[1] microphone has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] microphone is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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