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signal-to-noise

signal-to-noise is the ellipsis of signal-to-noise ratio.

Meaning of signal-to-noise ratio

Noun

signal-to-noise ratio (plural signal-to-noise ratios)

  1. A figure of merit that compares the strength of a signal carrying information to the level of noise interfering with it.
  2. (informal) The quantity of useful or interesting information compared to irrelevant or incorrect information in a message or conversation.

Phrases with signal-to-noise

Questions about signal-to-noise

What is signal-to-noise the ellipsis of?
Signal-to-noise is the ellipsis of signal-to-noise ratio.

Words near signal-to-noise in the dictionary

  1. signal tracer
  2. signal tracers
  3. signal transduction
  4. signal-noise ratio
  5. signal-noise ratios
  6. signal-to-noise
  7. signal-to-noise ratio
  8. signal-to-noise ratios
  9. signalase
  10. signalases
  11. signalbox

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