"hot microphone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hot microphones [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} hot microphone (plural hot microphones)
  1. (electronics, especially aviation) A microphone that is activated (but not powered) by the sound of the user's voice, allowing it to pick up speech without having to be manually turned on, while still rejecting background noise unaccompanied by speech. Tags: especially Categories (topical): Aviation, Electronics Related terms: VOX

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