a type of microphone in which the conductor is a thin ribbon of aluminium alloy moving perpendicularly in a magnetic field. It is strongly directional and can be used to reduce unwanted side noise
ribbon microphone in American English
noun
a microphone that utilizes a metal ribbon suspended in a magnetic field
Word origin
[1930–35]This word is first recorded in the period 1930–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: acoustic phonetics, kickback, logical positivism, saddle stitch, video