Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small speaker that is worn over or in the ear, often as one of a pair connected by a wire attached to a band running over the head
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- noun A listening device placed or worn in the ear, usually sold in pairs
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear
Etymologies
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Examples
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Razer has moved to an open-back, ear-encompassing headphone, which is good for those of us who don't like stuff actually sitting on our ears, and I personally think it helps with sound placement as well.
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The Skype service is a bit different because you need special hardware to access it, namely a headphone + microphone combination.
Ask Dave Taylor! 2009
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They were here to promote some kind of headphone set, I think.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Omar El Akkad 2011
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They were here to promote some kind of headphone set, I think.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Omar El Akkad 2011
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It comes with all the expected features such as headphone, microphone, Line In and Spdif, but also has 5.1 surround sound speakers to give a full range audio experience for portable gaming and music playback.
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With a 10MHz, 10V / s, rail-to-rail I / O performance the device is ideal for audio applications such as headphone drivers and audio line receivers and buffers.
unknown title 2009
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As such they do qualify for PCEE as well as a huge majority of them do have a headphone output which therefore qualifies for Dolby headphone which is part of the PC experience.
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As such they do qualify for PCEE as well as a huge majority of them do have a headphone output which therefore qualifies for Dolby headphone which is part of the PC experience.
pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator 2008
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Further research is needed to determine if and how headphone use compromises pedestrian safety.
Listen up: wearing headphones can endanger life, study finds 2012
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With Regards to the Queen's iPod, I can just imagine future political cartoons: captionless scenes of political mayhem with the Queen regally watching ... with headphone cords dangling from her ears.
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