WHITE NOISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does white noise mean? 

• WHITE NOISE (noun)
  The noun WHITE NOISE has 1 sense:

1. a noise produced by a stimulus containing all of the audible frequencies of vibration

  Familiarity information: WHITE NOISE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHITE NOISE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A noise produced by a stimulus containing all of the audible frequencies of vibration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Context example:

white noise is a good masking agent

Hypernyms ("white noise" is a kind of...):

disturbance; interference; noise (electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication)

 Context examples 

Instead, the larvae become attracted to sounds produced by the wrong sort of habitats or to artificial ‘white noise’.

(Fish larvae lose their way to safety in acidified oceans, SciDev.Net)