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单词 white noise
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white noise

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noun

Also called white sound. a steady, unvarying, unobtrusive sound, as an electronically produced drone or the sound of rain, used to mask or obliterate unwanted sounds.
Physics. random noise with a uniform frequency spectrum over a wide range of frequencies.

Origin of white noise

First recorded in 1965–70

Words nearby white noise

whitener, whiteness, white night, White Nile, whitening, white noise, white oak, whiteout, white pages, white paper, White Pass
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Example sentences from the Web for white noise

  • The voice emerged from that white-noise roar of water humming and sloshing back and forth in her basket.

    Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town|Cory Doctorow
  • The rush of water echoed off the cave walls, a white-noise shushing that sounded like skis cutting through powder.

    Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town|Cory Doctorow

British Dictionary definitions for white noise

white noise

noun

  1. sound or electrical noise that has a relatively wide continuous range of frequencies of uniform intensity
  2. noise containing all frequencies rising in level by six decibels every octave
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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