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shotnoise

shotnoise noun: noise due to random variations in the number and velocity of electrons or photons in a device.

Noun

shotnoise (uncountable)

  1. noise due to random variations in the number and velocity of electrons or photons in a device.

Forms of shotnoise

alternative formshot noise

Origin of shotnoise

Originally Schottky noise, after Walter H. Schottky, German physicist.

Questions about shotnoise

What does shotnoise mean?
Shotnoise means noise due to random variations in the number and velocity of electrons or photons in a device.
What part of speech is shotnoise?
Shotnoise is a noun.

Words near shotnoise in the dictionary

  1. shotlist
  2. shotlists
  3. shotmaker
  4. shotmakers
  5. shotmaking
  6. shotnoise
  7. shoto
  8. Shotokan
  9. shotos
  10. shotproof
  11. shotput

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