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BACKGROUND LEVEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does background level mean? 

BACKGROUND LEVEL (noun)
  The noun BACKGROUND LEVEL has 1 sense:

1. the amplitude level of the undesired background noiseplay

  Familiarity information: BACKGROUND LEVEL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BACKGROUND LEVEL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The amplitude level of the undesired background noise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

background level; noise level

Hypernyms ("background level" is a kind of...):

amplitude (greatness of magnitude)


 Context examples 


Previous papers have documented how background levels of the gas seem to rise and fall seasonally.

(Curiosity Detects Unusually High Methane Levels, NASA)



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