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noise floor

noise floor noun: the measure of the signal created from the sum of all the noise sources and unwanted signals within a measurement system, where noise is defined as any signal other than the one being monitored.

Noun

noise floor (plural noise floors)

  1. (signal theory) The measure of the signal created from the sum of all the noise sources and unwanted signals within a measurement system, where noise is defined as any signal other than the one being monitored.

Forms of noise floor

pluralnoise floors

Questions about noise floor

What does noise floor mean?
Noise floor means the measure of the signal created from the sum of all the noise sources and unwanted signals within a measurement system, where noise is defined as any signal other than the one being monitored.
What part of speech is noise floor?
Noise floor is a noun.
What is the plural of noise floor?
The plural of noise floor is noise floors.

Words near noise floor in the dictionary

  1. NOIs
  2. noise
  3. noise barrier
  4. noise barriers
  5. noise cancellation
  6. noise floor
  7. noise footprint
  8. noise footprints
  9. noise gate
  10. noise gates
  11. noise pollution

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