noise

IPA: nˈɔɪz

(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.
(figurative, 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.
(informal) Speech that is suggestive of an attitude or opinion.
(obsolete) Music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians; a band.
(music) A genre of rock music that uses static and other non-musical sounds, also influenced by art rock.

Examples of "noise" in Sentences

Most people look around to see what all the noise is about.
With this amount of volatility, short term noise can sometimes overwhelm.
Where in all the noise is there any authentic call for a process of truth-telling, a means to reconciliation?
In a more sophisticated manner than cap Dave cap A. 10: 51 AM david_a (291) - Rather than the term noise, the phrase internal variability is sometimes used to describe the effects of ocean oscillations and so forth.
In a more sophisticated manner than cap Dave cap A. 27 February 2009 at 2: 31 PM david_a (291) - Rather than the term noise, the phrase internal variability is sometimes used to describe the effects of ocean oscillations and so forth.
The Zemu continued an impetuous muddy torrent, whose hoarse voice, mingled with the deep grumbling noise* [The dull rumbling noise thus produced is one of the most singular phenomena in these mountains, and cannot fail to strike the observer.
As I have independently concluded and stated in this blog, which is also stated in #407, there is no noise in climate, by definition. recalling that exponential growth may lead to strange attractors and feature-laden noise structures at ALL time scales?