thermal noise


nounThermodynamics, Electricity.
  1. a wide spectrum of electromagnetic noise appearing in electronic circuits and devices as a result of the temperature-dependent random motions of electrons and other charge carriers.

Origin of thermal noise

1
First recorded in 1925–30

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How to use thermal noise in a sentence

  • But by the time they've been reflected back they'll be away below thermal noise-volume.

    A Matter of Importance | William Fitzgerald Jenkins

British Dictionary definitions for thermal noise

thermal noise

noun
  1. electrical noise caused by thermal agitation of conducting electrons

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