Definition of Background signal

1. Noun. Extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured. "They got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals"

Exact synonyms: Background
Generic synonyms: Disturbance, Interference, Noise
Specialized synonyms: Background Noise, Ground Noise, Background Radiation

Lexicographical Neighbors of Background Signal

backgammoning
backgammons
background
background knowledge
background level
background music
background noise
background process
background processes
background processing
background radiation
background radiations
background retinopathy
background signal (current term)
backgrounded
backgrounder
backgrounders
backgrounding
backgrounds
backhand
backhand(a)
backhand drive
backhand shot
backhand stroke
backhanded
backhanded compliment
backhanded compliments
backhandedly

Literary usage of Background signal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Military Terms by Edward Samuel Farrow (1918)
"They are of two colors — white with a blue horizontal stripe for use with a dark background, and dark blue for use with a light background. Signal Kit. ..."

2. Impacts Of Antibiotic-resistant Bacteria by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"This test will only achieve high sensitivity if the signal from the firefly enzyme is significantly larger than the background signal. ..."

3. Sensor Systems for Biological Agent Attacks: Protecting Buildings And by Bmed, National Research Council (U.S.), ebrary, Inc (2005)
"... improve the sensitivity of transducers and to develop better labels and detection methods that are not affected by the environmental background signal. ..."

4. Electronic Structure of Ferromagnet-Insulator Interfaces: Fe/MgO and Co/MgO by Martina Mueller (2007)
"This background signal corresponds to electrons, which have undergone inelastic scattering in the sample. Since only unscattered photoelectrons carry direct ..."

5. Digital Television Transition: Issues Related to an Information Campaign by Mark L. Goldstein (2006)
"... background signal, is ongoing. Because a proposed rulemaking will follow the end of this selection process (scheduled to be completed in August 2006), ..."

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