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pink noise

pink noise noun: a signal or process with a frequency spectrum such that the spectral energy density is proportional to the reciprocal of the frequency (1/f).

Noun

pink noise (uncountable)

  1. A signal or process with a frequency spectrum such that the spectral energy density is proportional to the reciprocal of the frequency (1/f).
    • It was Gilden, Thorton, and Mallon (1995) who first reported pink noise in response time variability during the fundamentally cognitive task of estimating fixed intervals of time.2005, John G. Holden, Gauging the Fractal Dimension of Response Times from Cognitive Tasks

Synonyms of pink noise

Questions about pink noise

What does pink noise mean?
Pink noise means a signal or process with a frequency spectrum such that the spectral energy density is proportional to the reciprocal of the frequency (1/f).
What part of speech is pink noise?
Pink noise is a noun.

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