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antinoise

adj

Etymology

From anti- + noise.

  1. derived from nojé — “to bother, to annoy”
  2. derived from inodio — “to make repulsive”
  3. derived from enoiier — “to bother, to disturb”
  4. derived from noxia — “hurt, harm, damage, injury”
  5. derived from nausia
  6. derived from noise — “a dispute, wrangle, strife, noise”
  7. inherited from noyse
  8. prefixed as antinoise — “anti + noise”

Definitions

  1. Intended to reduce environmental noise.

    • Grayned v. City of Rockford, Supreme Court of the United States, 408 U.S. 104 (1972). We conclude that the antipicketing ordinance is unconstitutional, but affirm the court below with respect to the antinoise ordinance.

  2. Capable of neutralizing a noise.

    • I have invented an antinoise raygun.

  3. A sound wave, of the same amplitude but of opposite phase to that of an unwanted sound,…

    A sound wave, of the same amplitude but of opposite phase to that of an unwanted sound, that can neutralize the unwanted sound using destructive interference.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA