noise generator
Britishnoun
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a device used in synthesizers to produce high-frequency sound effects
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a generator of electronic noise used to test equipment
Example Sentences
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One person said their child has asked to use another white noise generator instead of a Google Nest Hub.
From The Verge ● Jan. 17, 2022
Fred Wordie, who created the noise generator, told the BBC: "As of this morning, we have had 1.2 million visits. From the UK we have had 50,000 visits."
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2020
“It is really the difference between a $100 million, 10,000-qubit quantum computer being a random noise generator or the most powerful computer in the world,” says Chad Rigetti, a physicist and co-founder of Rigetti Computing.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 9, 2020
The idea of a noise generator is to raise the background noise so you don’t notice the sounds that aren’t worth your attention: a snoring partner or the hotel elevator.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2018
It's a simple thing, really: a noise generator.
From A Spaceship Named McGuire by Randall Garrett
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