cardioid

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It includes an on/off switch and features a cardioid (heart-shaped) response pattern that rejects background noise, for clear sound quality of the vocalist or instrument being miked.

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  1. noun A heart-shaped plane curve, the locus of a fixed point on a circle that rolls on the circumference of another circle with the same radius.

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  • Certain techniques, such as beam forming, require a specialized cardioid unidirectional microphone.
  • The most important example is the cardioid pattern, where the directional function D can be expressed as D = 1+cos (θ), θ being the direction of arrival of sound. —  FreshPatents.com: Notable Patent Applications - 05/07/2009
  • The previously discussed omnidirectional patterns are also called zeroth-order patterns and the other patterns mentioned previously (dipole and cardioid) are called first-order patterns. —  FreshPatents.com: Notable Patent Applications - 05/07/2009
  • The first position uses a cardioid pattern, the second position uses a cardioid pattern with a -10 dB pad and the third position activates the omnidirectional pattern. —  ARRL Amateur Radio News
  • A "cardioid" mike is the most common type of directional mike because it picks up audio thru a heart-shaped pattern radiating out from the front part of the microphone. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
 

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  1. from Greek καρδιοειδής, heart-shaped, from καρδία, = English heart, + εἰ̄δος, form.
  2. from Cardium + -oid.
 

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/ˈkɑrdɪɔɪd/
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