What does cardioid mean?
noun
A heart-shaped or teardrop-shaped curve, especially one formed by the path of a point on a circle as it rotates around a fixed point. In audio engineering, a cardioid microphone pickup pattern is shaped like a heart and is often used to capture sound from one direction while rejecting sound from other directions.
Example
"The engineer used a cardioid microphone to capture the sound of the soloist in the orchestra."
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