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noise
English
Etymology
From Middle English 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.
Pronunciation
- enPR: noiz, IPA(key): /n??z/
- Rhymes: -??z
- Homophone: Noyes
Noun
noise (countable and uncountable, plural noises)
- (uncountable) Various sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant.
- Any sound.
- Sound or signal generated by random fluctuations.
- (technology) Any part of a signal or data that reduces the clarity, precision, or quality of the desired output.
- signal-to-noise ratio
- (figuratively, by extension) Unwanted fuss or bustle; useless activity.
- (genetics) The measured level of variation in gene expression among cells, regardless of source, within a supposedly identical population.
- Rumour or complaint.
- 1709-1710, Thomas Baker, Reflections on Learning
- What noise have we had for fome Years about Transplantation of diseases and transfusion of blood!
- October 13, 1711, Joseph Addison, The Spectator, No. 195
- He [Socrates] lived in Athens during the great plague, which has made so much noise through all ages.
- 1709-1710, Thomas Baker, Reflections on Learning
- (obsolete) Music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians; a band.
- 1621, Ben Jonson, The Gypsies Metamorphosed
- The king has his noise of gypsies.
- 1621, Ben Jonson, The Gypsies Metamorphosed
- (music) A genre of rock music that uses static and other non-musical sounds, also influenced by art rock.
Synonyms
- (Various sounds): sound
Hyponyms
- (Various sounds): bang, boom, crash, thud
Derived terms
- background noise
- big noise
- noise footprint
- noise gate
- noiseless, noiselessly, noiselessness
- noises off
- noise pollution
- noisy, noisily
- pink noise
- shot noise
- signal-to-noise
- surface noise
- white noise
Translations
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.
Verb
noise (third-person singular simple present noises, present participle noising, simple past and past participle noised)
- (intransitive) To make a noise; to sound.
- (transitive) To spread news of; to spread as rumor or gossip.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts II:
- When this was noysed aboute, the multitude cam togedder and were astonyed, because that every man herde them speake in his awne tongue.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts II:
Translations
Further reading
- noise in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- noise in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- noise at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- NESOI, Senoi, eosin, onsie
French
Etymology
From Old French noise, possibly from Latin nausia, nausea, or alternatively noxia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nwaz/
Noun
noise f (plural noises)
- (archaic or literary) quarrel, argument
Derived terms
- chercher des noises
Further reading
- “noise” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- noies
Middle French
Etymology
Old French noise.
Noun
noise f (plural noises)
- noise
Descendants
- French: noise
Old French
Etymology
Origin uncertain; according to some, from Latin nausia, nausea (“disgust, nausea”), compare Old Occitan nauza (“noise, quarrel”); according to others, from Latin noxia (“hurt, harm, damage, injury”); but neither explanation is satisfactory in regard to either form or sense.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?noi?.z?]
Noun
noise f (oblique plural noises, nominative singular noise, nominative plural noises)
- dispute, argument
- noise, sound
Descendants
- English: noise
- French: noise
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confusion
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French confusion, from Latin confusio, confusionem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?n?fju???n/
- Rhymes: -u???n
Noun
confusion (usually uncountable, plural confusions)
- A lack of clarity or order.
- The state of being confused; misunderstanding.
- The act of mistaking one thing for another or conflating distinct things.
- Lack of understanding due to dementia.
- (archaic) A state of shame or embarrassment.
Synonyms
- (lack of clarity or order): discombobulation
- (state of being confused): bewilderment, disarray
Antonyms
- (lack of clarity or order): clarity
- (misunderstanding): distinction
Translations
French
Etymology
From Middle French confusion, from Old French confusion, borrowed from Latin confusio, confusionem, from verb confundo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.fy.zj??/
Noun
confusion f (plural confusions)
- confusion
Derived terms
- prêter à confusion
Further reading
- “confusion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French confusion.
Noun
confusion f (plural confusions)
- confusion
Descendants
- French: confusion
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin confusio, confusionem.
Noun
confusion f (oblique plural confusions, nominative singular confusion, nominative plural confusions)
- spread (act or instance of spreading)
Descendants
- English: confusion
- Middle French: confusion
- French: confusion
confusion From the web:
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- what confusion was congress able to solve
- what confusion feel like
- what confusion matrix shows
- what confused me about design thinking
- what confusion matrix
- what confusion did the poet have
- what is considered confusion
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