English noun: background signal | |||
1. | background signal (event) extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured | ||
Samples | They got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals. | ||
Synonyms | background | ||
Broader (hypernym) | disturbance, interference, noise | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | background noise, background radiation, ground noise | ||