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anti-noise

anti-noise is the alternative form of antinoise.

Meaning of antinoise

Noun

antinoise (usually uncountable, plural antinoises)

  1. (usually) A sound wave, of the same amplitude but of opposite phase to that of an unwanted sound, that can neutralize the unwanted sound using destructive interference.

See all 3 meanings of antinoise

Origin of anti-noise

From anti- + noise.

Questions about anti-noise

What is anti-noise the alternative form of?
Anti-noise is the alternative form of antinoise.

Words near anti-noise in the dictionary

  1. anti-neutron
  2. anti-neutrons
  3. anti-nightcore
  4. anti-node
  5. anti-nodes
  6. anti-noise
  7. anti-novel
  8. anti-novels
  9. anti-nuclear antibodies
  10. anti-nuclear antibody
  11. anti-nuclear factor

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Adapted from Wiktionary: anti-noise (page history and authors); antinoise (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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