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white noise definition

white noise

a sound containing a blend of all the audible frequencies distributed equally over the range of the frequency band

Etymology: by analogy with white light

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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