MICROPHONE
\mˈa͡ɪkɹəfˌə͡ʊn], \mˈaɪkɹəfˌəʊn], \m_ˈaɪ_k_ɹ_ə_f_ˌəʊ_n]\
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Instrument used to intensify sounds.
By William R. Warner
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An instrument which, by means of an electric current, renders the faintest sounds distinctly audible.
By Daniel Lyons
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An apparatus for magnifying faint sounds by means of electrical devices.
By James Champlin Fernald
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).