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Definition of 'noise'English
Noun
( en-noun)
Various sounds, usually unwanted.
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* (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
- The heavens turn about in a most rapid motion without noise to us perceived.
* {{quote-book|year=1959|author=(Georgette Heyer)|title=(The Unknown Ajax)|chapter=1
|passage=Charles had not been employed above six months at Darracott Place, but he was not such a whopstraw as to make the least noise in the performance of his duties when his lordship was out of humour.}}
Sound or signal generated by random fluctuations.
(label) Unwanted part of a signal. (Signal to noise ratio )
(label) The measured level of variation in gene expression among cells, regardless of source, within a supposedly identical population.
Rumour or complaint.
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* T. Baker
- What noise have we had about transplantation of diseases and transfusion of blood!
* Spectator
- Socrates lived in Athens during the great plague which has made so much noise in all ages.
(obsolete) Music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians; a band.
* (Ben Jonson) (1572-1637)
- The king has his noise of gypsies.
- (Milton)
Derived terms
* noises off
* noiseless
Synonyms
* (Various sounds) sound
Hyponyms
* (Various sounds) bang, boom, crash, thud
References
(Genetics meaning)'' " Noise in Gene Expression: Origins, Consequences, and Control ." Jonathan M. Raser and Erin K. O'Shea (2005). ''Science . 309 (5743):2010-2013.
Verb
( nois)
To make a noise; to sound.
- (Milton)
To spread news of; to spread as rumor or gossip.
* 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Acts II:
- When this was noysed aboute, the multitude cam togedder and were astonyed, because that every man herde them speake in his awne tongue.
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