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Electrical vs Microphonics - What's the difference?

electrical | microphonics |

As nouns the difference between electrical and microphonics

is that electrical is an electrical engineer while microphonics is (electronics) the phenomenon where certain components in electronic devices transform mechanical vibrations into an unwanted electrical signal.

As an adjective electrical

is related to electricity (or electronics).

electrical

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Related to electricity (or electronics)

    • Related terms

    * electromechanical

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An electrical engineer.
    • ----

    microphonics

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (electronics) The phenomenon where certain components in electronic devices transform mechanical vibrations into an unwanted electrical signal.
  • (dated) The science of increasing the intensity of low or weak sounds, or of microphones generally.

    • Synonyms

    * (translation of vibrations into electrical signal) microphony (Webster 1913)