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Definition of signal-to-noise ratio
signal-to-noise ratio
noun
- a ratio of useful or interesting information (signal) to information that isn't (noise).
I used to read that forum, but the signal-to-noise ratio was just too low.
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Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
origin
- By analogy from the same-named measurement in analog electronics.
Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
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| Definitions include: an alleged note that, when played, makes everyone who hears it lose bowel control. | |
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| Definitions include: acronym for signal-to-noise ratio. | |
| Definitions include: abbreviated form of signal-to-noise ratio. | |
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| Definitions include: used during some kind of competition in which one party reminds the other of the score or the results of their competition. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for signal-to-noise ratio. | |
| Definitions include: abbreviated form of signal-to-noise ratio. | |
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| Definitions include: acronym for signal-to-noise ratio. | |
| Definitions include: abbreviated form of signal-to-noise ratio. | |
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| Definitions include: See nine to five. | |
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| Definitions include: sex in which anal sex is immediately followed by fellatio. | |
| Definitions include: to revisit one's past. | |
| Definitions include: to go back to the beginning. | |
| Definitions include: extreme; "all out". | |
| Definitions include: to be vastly superior. | |
| Definitions include: to perform an activity before someone else. | |
| Definitions include: to be unintelligible. | |
| Definitions include: to do. | |
| Definitions include: more important things to deal with. | |
| Definitions include: to kill or destroy. | |
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