How to pronounce “white noise”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (physics) A random signal (or process) with a flat power spectral density; a signal with a power spectral density that has equal power in any band, at any centre frequency, having a given bandwidth.
• (nontechnically) Any nondescript noise used for background or to mask or drown out other noise.
• (figuratively, by extension) Speech that goes ignored or uncomprehended.

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