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white noise
[ wahyt noiz, hwahyt ]
noun
- Physics. Also called broad·band noise [brawd, -band , noiz]. a noise signal with a uniform frequency spectrum over a wide range of frequencies. Compare brown noise ( def ), pink noise ( def ).
- Informal. Also called white sound [wahyt, , sound, hwahyt]. any steady, unobtrusive sound or pattern of sounds recorded from nature or produced electronically and used to mask unwanted noise or fill a discomforting silence:
You can program the machine to play ocean waves, a rainforest, a thunderstorm, or whatever white noise helps you to relax.
white noise
noun
- sound or electrical noise that has a relatively wide continuous range of frequencies of uniform intensity
- noise containing all frequencies rising in level by six decibels every octave
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Origin of white noise1
First recorded in 1965–70
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