noise

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English < Old French noise (“‘a dispute, wrangle, strife, noise’”); origin uncertain; according to some < Latin nausea (“‘disgust, nausea’”); according to others < Latin noxia (“‘hurt, harm, damage, injury’”); but neither explanation is satisfactory in regard to either form or sense.

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[edit] Noun

Singular
noise

Plural
noises

noise (plural noises)

  1. Various sounds, usually unwanted.
    He knew that it was trash day, when the garbage collectors made all the noise.
  2. Sound or signal generated by random fluctuations
  3. (technology) Unwanted part of a signal. (Signal to noise ratio)
  4. (genetics) The measured level of variation in gene expression among cells, regardless of source, within a supposedly identical population

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  • (Various sounds): sound

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various sounds, usually unwanted
sound or signal generated by random fluctuations
(techn.) Unwanted part of a signal. (Signal to noise ratio)
(genetics) The measured level of variation in gene expression among cells, regardless of source, within a supposedly identical population
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  • Breton: trouz m., trouzoù pl.
  • French: bruit m.
  • Japanese: 音 (おと, oto) (as in a sound: 1), 騒音 (そうおん, sōon) (annoying noise, as produced by motor vehicles or neighbors partying: 1), ノイズ (noizu) (2-3)
  • Lithuanian: triukšmas m.

[edit] References

(Genetics meaning) "Noise in Gene Expression: Origins, Consequences, and Control." Jonathan M. Raser and Erin K. O'Shea (2005). Science. 309(5743):2010-2013.

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to noise

Third person singular
noises

Simple past
noised

Past participle
noised

Present participle
noising

to noise (third-person singular simple present noises, present participle noising, simple past and past participle noised)

  1. To make noise
  2. To talk, especially to spread rumor or gossip.
    He noised about that he wanted the promotion, unwilling to ask for it but wanting it to be talked about.

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[edit] Etymology

From Old French noise

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noise f. (plural noises)

  1. (archaic or literary) quarrel, argument

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noise f. (oblique plural noises, nominative singular noise, nominative plural noises)

  1. dispute, argument
  2. noise, sound

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