white noise

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [hwahyt, wahyt noiz]
- /ʰwaɪt, waɪt nɔɪz/
- /waɪt nɔɪz/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hwahyt, wahyt noiz]
- /ʰwaɪt, waɪt nɔɪz/

Definitions of white noise words

noun white noise Also called white sound. a steady, unvarying, unobtrusive sound, as an electronically produced drone or the sound of rain, used to mask or obliterate unwanted sounds. 1
noun white noise Physics. random noise with a uniform frequency spectrum over a wide range of frequencies. 1
uncountable noun white noise White noise is sound, especially of a loud, continuous, or unpleasant kind, that seems to have no pattern or rhythm. 0
noun white noise sound or electrical noise that has a relatively wide continuous range of frequencies of uniform intensity 0
noun white noise noise containing all frequencies rising in level by six decibels every octave 0
noun white noise a sound containing a blend of all the audible frequencies distributed equally over the range of the frequency band 0

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Origin of white noise

First appearance:

before 1965

One of the 2% newest English words

First recorded in 1965-70

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Parts of speech for White noise

noun

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adverb

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determiner

exclamation

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white noise popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 69% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

white noise usage trend in Literature

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