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unidirectional microphone [1 record]

Record 1 2016-12-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audio Technology
  • Telecommunications
  • Electrical Engineering
DEF

A microphone which is most sensitive to sounds arriving at it from one direction.

CONT

Mikes are... classified by the way they pick up sound. Unidirectional : only sound in front of the mike is transmitted.

OBS

unidirectional microphone: term standardized by the USA Standards Institute.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électroacoustique
  • Télécommunications
  • Électrotechnique
DEF

Microphone directionnel dont la réponse présente un maximum accentué pour une seule direction de l'onde acoustique incidente. [Définition normalisée par l'AFNOR et reproduite avec son autorisation.]

CONT

Microphone. On le qualifie d'unidirectionnel, de bidirectionnel ou d'omnidirectionnel selon qu'il est sensible aux sons venant d'une seule direction, de deux directions ou de toutes les directions.

OBS

microphone unidirectionnel : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Electroacústica
  • Telecomunicaciones
  • Electrotecnia
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