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Noise
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- 1 Various sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant. uncountable
"He knew that it was trash day, when the garbage collectors made all the noise."
- 2 the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan wordnet
- 3 Any sound. countable, uncountable
"The sudden noise made everyone jump."
- 4 incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks wordnet
- 5 Sound or signal generated by random fluctuations. countable, uncountable
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- 6 the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience wordnet
- 7 Any part of a signal or data that reduces the clarity, precision, or quality of the desired output. countable, uncountable
"signal-to-noise ratio"
- 8 a loud outcry of protest or complaint wordnet
- 9 Variation or deviation generated by random fluctuations. countable, uncountable
- 10 sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound) wordnet
- 11 Unwanted fuss or bustle; useless activity. broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable
"In order to provide coherence and confidence, the leader must dramatically turn down the noise level in the organization, eliminate any unnecessary distractions that inevitably get in the way of execution, and banish the fear of uncertainty."
- 12 electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication wordnet
- 13 The measured level of variation in gene expression among cells, regardless of source, within a supposedly identical population. countable, uncountable
- 14 Rumour or complaint. countable, uncountable
"The problems with the new computer system are causing a lot of noise at Head Office."
- 15 Speech that is suggestive of an attitude or opinion. countable, informal, uncountable
"Despite encouraging noises made by politicians from time to time, the two sides there have never been further from an agreement."
- 16 Music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians; a band. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"The king has his noise of gypsies."
- 17 A genre of rock music that uses static and other non-musical sounds, also influenced by art rock. countable, uncountable
- 1 To make a noise; to sound. intransitive
"Those terrours, which thou speak'st of, did me none ; I never fear'd they could, though noising loud And threatening nigh"
- 2 emit a noise wordnet
- 3 To spread news of; to spread as rumor or gossip. transitive
"When this was noysed aboute, the multitude cam togedder and were astonyed, because that every man herde them speake in his awne tongue."
Etymology
From Middle English noyse, noise, from Old French noise (“a dispute, wrangle, strife, noise”), of uncertain origin. According to some, from Latin nausia, nausea (“disgust, nausea”); according to others, from Latin noxia (“hurt, harm, damage, injury”); but neither explanation is satisfactory in regard to either form or sense. Potentially a reduced form of Old French enoiier (“to bother, to disturb”), from Latin inodio (“to make repulsive”) - which would make it a doublet of English annoy (“to bother, to irritate”) and English ennui (“boredom, jadedness, depression”). Compare Piedmontese nojé (“to bother, to annoy”), though this fails to explain the final /z/.
From Middle English noyse, noise, from Old French noise (“a dispute, wrangle, strife, noise”), of uncertain origin. According to some, from Latin nausia, nausea (“disgust, nausea”); according to others, from Latin noxia (“hurt, harm, damage, injury”); but neither explanation is satisfactory in regard to either form or sense. Potentially a reduced form of Old French enoiier (“to bother, to disturb”), from Latin inodio (“to make repulsive”) - which would make it a doublet of English annoy (“to bother, to irritate”) and English ennui (“boredom, jadedness, depression”). Compare Piedmontese nojé (“to bother, to annoy”), though this fails to explain the final /z/.
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