Johnson noise

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thermal background noise in a radio receiver

Origin: after J. B. Johnson, 20th-c. U.S. physicist

See Johnson noise in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
See thermal noise.

Origin:

Origin: After John Bertrand Johnson (1887-1970), Swedish-born American physicist

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