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Definition: Background Noise |
Background NoiseNoun1. Extraneous noise contaminating sound measurements that cannot be separated from the desired signal. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Aerospace | 1. In recording and reproducing, the total system noise independent of whether or not a signal is present. The signal is not to be included as part of the noise. 2. In receivers, the noise in the absence of signal modulation on the carrier.Ambient noise detected, measured, or recorded with the signal part of the background noise. Included in this definition is the interference resulting from primary power supplies, that separately is commonly described as hum. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: Background NoiseSynonym: ground noise (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Background Noise |
| English words defined with "background noise": background level ♦ Dolby ♦ noise level ♦ Ray M. Dolby. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "background noise": image recognition ♦ Lower Detection Limit ♦ noise criteria ♦ rakenneosa. (references) |
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 | Restaurant background noise in which the voices are audible but unintelligibly jumbled together. |
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Health | It allows you to listen at a comfortable volume and helps lessen background noise. (references) | |
Conversations are difficult to understand, especially when there is background noise. (references) | ||
The loop transmits speech from the phone to the hearing aid in your ear. It also helps get rid of background noise to make it easier to talk in a noisy environment. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
background noise | 6 |
background noise office | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "background noise"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | galaktisk baggrundsstoej (background galactic noise, galactic background noise). (various references) | |
Dutch | galactische achtergrondruis (background galactic noise, galactic background noise). (various references) | |
Finnish | galaktinen taustakohina (background galactic noise, galactic background noise). (various references) | |
French | bruit de fond galactique (background galactic noise, galactic background noise). (various references) | |
German | Störgeräusch (babble, interference, jam, jamming, static noise), geräuschkulisse (sound effects). (various references) | |
Greek | γαλαξιακός θόρυβος βάθους (background galactic noise, galactic background noise). (various references) | |
Hungarian | háttérzaj. (various references) | |
Italian | rumore di fondo galattico (background galactic noise, galactic background noise). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ackgroundbay oisenay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | ruído de fundo galáctico (background galactic noise, galactic background noise). (various references) | |
Spanish | ruido de fondo galáctico (background galactic noise, galactic background noise). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-d-e-g-i-k-n-n-o-o-r-s-u" | |
-4 letters: backgrounds. | |
-5 letters: absconding, androgenic, background, bescouring, boundaries, broadening, coarsening, coenduring, discourage, donnickers, guidebooks, ignorances, iguanodons, indecorous, obduracies, ordinances, rebounding, reckonings, resounding, rudbeckias, snookering. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 61 63 6B 67 72 6F 75 6E 64 4E 6F 69 73 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100001 01100011 01101011 01100111 01110010 01101111 01110101 01101110 01100100 00100000 01001110 01101111 01101001 01110011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B a c k g r o u n d   N o i s e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0061 0063 006B 0067 0072 006F 0075 006E 0064 004E 006F 0069 0073 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3667697773848187807024881758571 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Sounds 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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