noise : Idioms & Phrases


background noise

  • noun extraneous noise contaminating sound measurements that cannot be separated from the desired signal
    background noise.
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ground noise

  • noun extraneous noise contaminating sound measurements that cannot be separated from the desired signal
    background noise.
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make noise

  • verb emit a noise
    noise; resound.
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noise conditions

  • noun the condition of being noisy (as in a communication channel)
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noise level

  • noun the amplitude level of the undesired background noise
    background level.
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noise pollution

  • noun annoying and potentially harmful environmental noise
    sound pollution.
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radio noise

  • noun static at radio wavelengths
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signal-to-noise

  • noun the ratio of signal intensity to noise intensity
    signal-to-noise; signal/noise; signal/noise ratio; S/N.
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signal-to-noise ratio

  • noun the ratio of signal intensity to noise intensity
    signal-to-noise; signal/noise; signal/noise ratio; S/N.
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surface noise

  • noun noise produced by the friction of the stylus of a record player moving over the rotating record
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white noise

  • noun a noise produced by a stimulus containing all of the audible frequencies of vibration
    • white noise is a good masking agent
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