thermal background noise in a radio receiver
Origin of Johnson noise
after J. B. Johnson, 20th-c. United States physicistJohnson noise
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Johnson noise
noun
See thermal noise.
Origin of Johnson noise
After John Bertrand Johnson (1887-1970), Swedish-born American physicistTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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