noise
Pronunciation: /ˈnoɪ̯z/
The English word “noise” has 13 meanings listed here.
noun
- Various sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant.
- Any sound.
- Sound or signal generated by random fluctuations.
- Any part of a signal or data that reduces the clarity, precision, or quality of the desired output.
- Variation or deviation generated by random fluctuations.
- Unwanted fuss or bustle; useless activity.
- The measured level of variation in gene expression among cells, regardless of source, within a supposedly identical population.
- Rumour or complaint.
- Speech that is suggestive of an attitude or opinion.
- Music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians; a band.
- A genre of rock music that uses static and other non-musical sounds, also influenced by art rock.
verb
Etymology
From Middle English noyse, noise, from Old French noise (“a dispute, wrangle, strife, noise”), of uncertain origin. According to some, from Latin nausia, nausea (“disgust, nausea”); according to others, from Latin noxia (“hurt, harm, damage, injury”); but neither explanation is satisfactory in regard to either form or sense. Potentially a reduced form of Old French enoiier (“to bother, to…
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