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🎥 Movie camera with audio 🔊 Device for sound images
sound camera

sound camera

8.0
A device that makes pictures showing where sounds come from and how loud they are
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : cámara acústica
  • Engineers used a sound camera to locate the noise source inside the turbine housing.

Examples

  • The consultant showed a clear noise map captured by the sound camera during tests.

  • Scientists developed a sound camera to study whale communication.

  • At the factory, the team recorded readings with a sound camera for two hours.

  • The new sound camera can visualize sound waves.

  • Engineers used a sound camera to locate the noise source inside the turbine housing.

  • The consultant showed a detailed noise map captured by the sound camera during the analysis.

  • Scientists developed a sound camera to visualize the locations of sounds in the ocean.

Synonyms

phonoscope
vssound camera
  • Specialized
9.9

An instrument that shows sound waves so you can see vibrations

uses arrays and processing to map sound source locations and intensity

Surface Forms

sound camera singular
sound cameras plural

Morphology

sound + camera

The meaning — a camera-like device for capturing or visualizing sound — is directly derivable from combining 'sound' (an auditory phenomenon) with 'camera' (a device that captures or records). Although 'camera' typically refers to visual imaging, the compound transparently signals a camera applied to sound, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the basic function.

Etymology

The device called a sound camera is named for what it does: many small microphones find where noises come from and the machine makes a visible 'picture of sound'. That's why the name joins sound and camera and now means 'a device that shows where sounds are coming from and how loud they are'.