background
85
5.7
- noun
- /ˈbækɡraʊnd/
- Specialized
:
ruido de fondo
- The relentless humming is like the background of an old movie on a beat-up black-and-white TV.
- background noise
- background radiation
- microwave background
Other people find that having some background noise helps cancel that out.
- Other people find that having some background noise helps cancel that out.
Examples
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What's that noise in the background?
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So out here we still have background microwave radiation somehow.
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Other people find that having some background noise helps cancel that out.
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The recognition system was moved to the van with the background condition of no noise.
Academic text (1991) -
A background model was trained from data of speakers in the background set.
Academic text (2017) -
Unfortunately, the precise content of these background rules is surprisingly difficult to pin down.
Academic text (2017) -
We're just trying to get enough background noise so that she doesn't really recognize that those fireworks are happening.
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The readings were faint, difficult to separate from the high background radiation in the p175 area.
Fiction book (1992) -
The annihilation photons eventually cooled to form the background heat radiation that was discovered in 1965.
Academic text (1992) -
In scientific experiments, it is crucial to minimize background interference to ensure accurate measurements.
Synonyms
172
5.6
Extra sounds or information that hide the main message
11
3.5
Unwanted sounds that make it hard to hear or record something
6
8.1
Extra signals on a radar screen that hide real objects
An unwanted noise from other sources that gets in the way of a measurement
Unwanted background sound or electrical hiss that hides the true signal
Antonyms
- Specialized
991
3.8
A change in electric current or voltage that carries information in devices
Compounds
- Specialized
5
4.1
Low-level energy from natural sources in the environment, like cosmic rays and rocks, not from the thing being tested
- Specialized
2
8.3
Faint microwaves left from the early universe that fill space
- Specialized
1
6.6
A weak glow of heat left from the Big Bang that fills the universe
- Specialized
1
7.7
A faint microwave glow left from the early universe that fills space nearly evenly
1
3.4
Information you already know from past experience that helps you understand new things
- Specialized
An unwanted noise from other sources that gets in the way of a measurement
How Strong
30
4.4
- Specialized
93
6.6
- Specialized
11
3.5
- Specialized
85
5.7
660
2.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Background comes from back + ground, the idea of something 'behind' the main thing. That is why in science a background is the extra signals or 'extra noise' behind the main measurement that you need to remove.