Definitions
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- noun   An item of 
jewellery consisting of apendant , sometimes with onestone , suspended from anecklace . - noun   A kind of 
microphone intended to clip onto thelapel at about the level of the pendant on a lavalier. 
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun jeweled pendant worn on a chain around the neck
 
Etymologies
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Examples
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Reporters gave suggestions: Wander around, lavalier mike? ...
Without the cameras rolling, Gibbs White House press conference gets real Post 2010
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If your camera has a microphone jack, then you can use a handheld or lavalier wireless – you just have to make sure wireless base station that can connect to your video camera – game 1 / 8 3.5 mm or XLR connections.
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System includes two 30BT bodypacks with EX503 lavalier microphones.
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System includes two 30BT bodypacks with EX503 lavalier microphones.
Archive 2007-03-01 2007
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I had better results than I expected on a Thanksgiving trip to the inlaws with a battery powered Radio Shack lavalier sp? mic pinned to my collar while I played acoustic guitar and sang.
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I had to run out in full costume with my wig on to turn in my lavalier (personal mic), and I stopped to see them on the way.
hamletwildie Diary Entry hamletwildie 2004
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CARLSON: Well, that's why he needs to take the Liddy Dole lavalier mike, you know, cruise around the audience doing the (inaudible) ...
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Equipment used on the shoot is the same as that used by students: Sennheiser and lavalier microphones, boom poles, Fresnel lights, a Red digital camera, and Sony and Panasonic high-definition digital cameras.
SFGate: Top News Stories Chronicl jguthrie@sfchronicle.com (Julian Guthrie 2011
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And one of the cameramen also must be responsible for hooking the speaker up with a wireless lavalier microphone.
Forbes.com: News Nick Morgan 2011
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Out went the shotgun and lavalier microphones, with their ability to isolate a voice in a crowd and get decent audio.
NYT > Home Page By STEPHEN FARRELL 2011
 
john commented on the word lavalier
“4.81 What is a lavalier microphone?—A small dynamic microphone worn around the neck as a lavalier.”
Audio Cyclopedia by Howard M. Tremaine, Howard W. Sams & Co., 1969, pg. 191
February 4, 2010