What does noise mean?
Definitions for noise
nɔɪznoise
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Princeton's WordNet
noisenoun
sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
"he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels"
noise, dissonance, racketnoun
the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
"modern music is just noise to me"
noise, interference, disturbancenoun
electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication
noisenoun
a loud outcry of protest or complaint
"the announcement of the election recount caused a lot of noise"; "whatever it was he didn't like it and he was going to let them know by making as loud a noise as he could"
noisenoun
incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks
"all the noise in his speech concealed the fact that he didn't have anything to say"
randomness, haphazardness, stochasticity, noiseverb
the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan
make noise, resound, noiseverb
emit a noise
Wiktionary
noisenoun
Various sounds, usually unwanted.
He knew that it was trash day, when the garbage collectors made all the noise.
noisenoun
Sound or signal generated by random fluctuations
noisenoun
Unwanted part of a signal. (Signal to noise ratio)
noisenoun
The measured level of variation in gene expression among cells, regardless of source, within a supposedly identical population
noisenoun
rumour or complaint
The problems with the new computer system are causing a lot of noise at Head Office.
noiseverb
To make noise.
noiseverb
To spread news of; to spread as rumor or gossip.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
NOISEnoun
Etymology: noise, French.
Noises, as of waters falling down, sounded about them, and sad visions appeared unto them. Wisd. xvii. 4.
Whether it were a whistling sound, or a melodious noise of birds among the spreading branches, these things made them swoon. Wisd. xvii. 18.
Great motions in nature pass without sound or noise. The heavens turn about in a most rapid motion, without noise to us perceived; though in some dreams they have been said to make an excellent musick. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist.
Fear
Shakes your hearts, while thro’ the isle they hear
A lasting noise, as horrid and as loud
As thunder makes, before it breaks the cloud. Edmund Waller.What noise have we had about transplantation of diseases, and transfusion of blood. Thomas Baker, on Learning.
Socrates lived in Athens during the great plague, which has made so much noise through all ages, and never caught the least infection. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 195.
To Noiseverb
To spread by rumour, or report.
All these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country. Luke i. 65.
I shall not need to relate the affluence of young nobles from hence into Spain, after the voice of our prince’s being there had been quickly noised. Henry Wotton.
They might buz and whisper it one to another; and tacitly withdrawing from the presence of the apostle, they then lift up their voices and noised it about the city. Richard Bentley.
To Noiseverb
To sound loud.
Etymology: from the noun.
Harm
Those terrors, which thou speak’st of, did me none;
Tho’ noising loud and threatning nigh. John Milton, P. Reg.
Wikipedia
Noise
Noise is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Chesney. It was released in March 2016 as the first single from his 2016 album Cosmic Hallelujah. Chesney wrote this song with Ross Copperman, Shane McAnally, and Jon Nite.
ChatGPT
noise
Noise is an unwanted or unpleasant sound that is typically characterized by its disruptive, chaotic, or unpredictable nature. It refers to any sound that interferes with the normal communication or enjoyment of a desired sound or environment. Noise can vary in intensity, frequency, duration, and source, and its effects can range from annoyance or discomfort to potential health hazards or impairment of cognitive function.
Webster Dictionary
Noisenoun
sound of any kind
Noisenoun
especially, loud, confused, or senseless sound; clamor; din
Noisenoun
loud or continuous talk; general talk or discussion; rumor; report
Noisenoun
music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians; a band
Noiseverb
to sound; to make a noise
Noiseverb
to spread by rumor or report
Noiseverb
to disturb with noise
Wikidata
Noise
In common use, the word noise means any unwanted sound. In physics and analog electronics, noise is a mostly unwanted random addition to a signal; it is called noise as a generalisation of the acoustic noise heard when listening to a weak radio transmission with significant electrical noise. Signal noise is heard as acoustic noise if the signal is converted into sound; it manifests as "snow" on a television or video image. High noise levels can block, distort, change or interfere with the meaning of a message in human, animal and electronic communication. In signal processing or computing noise can be considered random unwanted data without meaning; that is, data that is not being used to transmit a signal, but is simply produced as an unwanted by-product of other activities. "Signal-to-noise ratio" is sometimes used to refer to the ratio of useful to irrelevant information in an exchange. In biology, many different forms of cellular noise exist, where a measurement displays substantial variance around its mean: for example, transcriptional noise describes the variability in gene activity between cells in a population. In many cases, the special case of thermal noise arises, which sets a fundamental lower limit to what can be measured or signaled and is related to basic physical processes described by thermodynamics, some of which are expressible by simple formulae.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Noise
noiz, n. sound of any kind: any over-loud or excessive sound, din: frequent or public talk: (Shak.) report: a musical band.—v.t. to spread by rumour.—v.i. to sound loud.—adjs. Noise′ful, noisy; Noise′less, without noise: silent.—adv. Noise′lessly.—n. Noise′lessness.—Make a noise in the world, to attract great notoriety. [Fr. noise, quarrel; prob. from L. nausea, disgust; but possibly from L. noxa, hurt—nocēre, to hurt.]
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Noise
Any sound which is unwanted or interferes with HEARING other sounds.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of noise in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of noise in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of noise in a Sentence
I think what you learn is all of that is just noise, and really what matters is are you leading, are you getting in front of issues, are you delivering results for people, and are you standing up for folks, at the end of the day I would just tell people to go check out the scoreboard from last Tuesday night.
I could tell by looking at it. You can see the heart beating right there, it even makes a noise because there's fluid around it, so it makes a sloshing noise.
The truth has finally cut through the noise, i have full faith that this truth will prevail to punish this coldblooded killer who angrily created the altercation that led to Markeis' needless death.
That noise in my earphones knocked my nose off and I had to pick it up and find it.
Nickel has a strong fundamental story and I think the view of investors was that after a near $2,000 pull-back, it was approaching territory that, irrespective of that macro noise, was an attractive entry point, this was in particular for the Chinese investor base, where many are hard-core nickel bulls.
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- ضوضاءArabic
- шумBelarusian
- шум, шумотевица, данданияBulgarian
- sorollCatalan, Valencian
- šum, hlukCzech
- støj, larm, spektakel, lydDanish
- Geräusch, Krach, Störung, Lärm, RauschenGerman
- θόρυβοςGreek
- ruidoSpanish
- ونگ, نوفهPersian
- melu, kohinaFinnish
- brouhaha, vacarme, bruitFrench
- fuaim, faramScottish Gaelic
- רעשHebrew
- zaj, zörejHungarian
- աղմուկ, աղաղակArmenian
- bruisoIdo
- rumoreItalian
- ノイズ, 騒音, 雑音Japanese
- ხმაურიGeorgian
- 소음Korean
- دهنگهدهگKurdish
- strepitusLatin
- matiokeMāori
- lawaai, herrie, ruis, geluidDutch
- bruchOccitan
- hałas, szumPolish
- barulho, ruídoPortuguese
- larmă, vacarm, răsunet, perturbație, zgomot, gălăgie, zgomot de semnal, sunetRomanian
- шумRussian
- бука, шум, buka, šumSerbo-Croatian
- hlukSlovak
- hrup, šumSlovene
- buller, brusa, oljud, brus, väsnasSwedish
- suraSwahili
- gürültüTurkish
- шумUkrainian
- brut, araedjeWalloon
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