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White noise
//ˌwaɪt ˈnɔɪz// noun
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Noun
- 1 A random signal (or process) with a flat power spectral density; a signal with a power spectral density that has equal power in any band, at any centre frequency, having a given bandwidth. uncountable
"Conventional statistical analyses presuppose that intrinsic variability is white noise. White noise yields a jagged and irregular line with a fractal dimension of 1.5, because successive observations are statistically independent of each other."
- 2 a noise produced by a stimulus containing all of the audible frequencies of vibration wordnet
- 3 Any nondescript noise used for background or to mask or drown out other noise. uncountable
- 4 Speech that goes ignored or uncomprehended. broadly, figuratively, uncountable
"The rest was white noise; I was sick of listening to who I was supposed to be."
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