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noise

noun
/ˈnoɪ̯z/

Etymology

From Middle English noyse, noise, from Old French noise (“a dispute, wrangle, strife, noise”), of uncertain origin. According to some, from Latin nausia, nausea (“disgust, nausea”); according to others, from Latin noxia (“hurt, harm, damage, injury”); but neither explanation is satisfactory in regard to either form or sense. Potentially a reduced form of Old French enoiier (“to bother, to disturb”), from Latin inodio (“to make repulsive”) - which would make it a doublet of English annoy (“to bother, to irritate”) and English ennui (“boredom, jadedness, depression”). Compare Piedmontese nojé (“to bother, to annoy”), though this fails to explain the final /z/.

  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

Definitions

  1. Various sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant.

    • He knew that it was trash day, when the garbage collectors made all the noise.
    • The heavens turn about in a most rapid motion without noise to us perceived.
    • Charles had not been employed above six months at Darracott Place, but he was not such a whopstraw as to make the least noise in the performance of his duties when his lordship was out of humour.

  2. Any sound.

    • The sudden noise made everyone jump.
    • She crept up behind him not making a noise.

  3. Sound or signal generated by random fluctuations.

  4. ›+ 10 more definitions

    1. Any part of a signal or data that reduces the clarity, precision, or quality of the…

      Any part of a signal or data that reduces the clarity, precision, or quality of the desired output.

      • signal-to-noise ratio

    2. Variation or deviation generated by random fluctuations.

    3. Unwanted fuss or bustle

      Unwanted fuss or bustle; useless activity.

    4. The measured level of variation in gene expression among cells, regardless of source,…

      The measured level of variation in gene expression among cells, regardless of source, within a supposedly identical population.

    5. Rumour or complaint.

      • The problems with the new computer system are causing a lot of noise at Head Office.
      • 1709-1710, Thomas Baker, Reflections on Learning What noise have we had for fome Years about Transplantation of diseases and transfusion of blood!
      • He [Socrates] lived in Athens during the great plague, which has made so much noise through all ages.

    6. Speech that is suggestive of an attitude or opinion.

      • Despite encouraging noises made by politicians from time to time, the two sides there have never been further from an agreement.

    7. Music, in general

      Music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians; a band.

      • The king has his noise of gypsies.
      • That we on earth, with undiscording voice, / May rightly answer that melodious noise

    8. A genre of rock music that uses static and other non-musical sounds, also influenced by…

      A genre of rock music that uses static and other non-musical sounds, also influenced by art rock.

    9. To make a noise

      To make a noise; to sound.

      • Those terrours, which thou speak'st of, did me none ; I never fear'd they could, though noising loud And threatening nigh

    10. To spread news of

      To spread news of; to spread as rumor or gossip.

      • When this was noysed aboute, the multitude cam togedder and were astonyed, because that every man herde them speake in his awne tongue.

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Derived

1/f noise, active noise cancellation, active noise control, antinoise, anti-noise, azure noise, background noise, big noise, bistable noise, black noise, blue noise, Brownian noise, Brown noise, burst noise, cat activation noise, comfort noise, counternoise, denoise, empty barrels make the most noise, empty cans make the most noise, empty vessels make the most noise, flicker noise, food noise, fuck that noise, gray noise, grey noise, harsh noise, harsh noise wall, impulse noise, Japanoise, Johnson noise, Johnson-Nyquist noise, line noise, low-noise block downconverter, make a noise in the world, make noise, make some noise, noise barrier, noise-cancel, noise cancellation · +51 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at noise. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at noise. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at noise

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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