white noise

Definitions

1. A random signal (or process) with a flat power spectral density; a signal with a power spectral density that has equal power in any band, at any centre frequency, having a given bandwidth.
   uncountable
2. Any nondescript noise used for background or to mask or drown out other noise.
   uncountable
3. Speech that goes ignored or uncomprehended.
   broadly, figuratively, uncountable

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Examples

“Conventional statistical analyses presuppose that intrinsic variability is white noise. White noise yields a jagged and irregular line with a fractal dimension of 1.5, because successive observations are statistically independent of each other.”

“The rest⟳ was white noise; I was sick of listening to who I was supposed to be.”

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