ambient noise

Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Financial, Acronyms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

Related to ambient noise: background noise

ambient noise

The total noise from all sources in a given environment.

See also: noise

References in periodicals archive ?

Thus, people would not only listen to ambient noise when falling asleep but also when working.

Benefits Of Falling Asleep To Ambient Noise

Geophysical investigations performed in the present research included ERT survey and ambient noise measurement.

Empirical Correlation between Geotechnical and Geophysical Parameters in a Landslide Zone (Case Study: Nargeschal Landslide)/Correlacion empirica entre parametros geotecnicos y geofisicos en la zona de un deslizamiento de tierra. Caso de estudio: Deslizamiento de Nargeschal

The total noise exposure was calculated by adding the conversation noise to the ambient noise, as measured with a 01dB Black Solo[R] sound-level meter.

AUDITORY FATIGUE AMONG CALL DISPATCHERS WORKING WITH HEADSETS

Ocean ambient noise is a crucial habitat feature for marine animals (Richardson et al., 1995; Au and Hastings, 2008; Tyack, 2008; Hildebrand, 2009; Merchant et al., 2015), especially for marine mammals that rely on sound for communication (Au and Hastings, 2008; Tyack, 2008; Hildebrand, 2009; Clark et al., 2015) and echolocation (Erbe, 2002; Soto et al., 2006; Tyack, 2008; Hildebrand, 2009), both of which evolved under specific ambient noise conditions (Tyack, 2008).

Seasonal Patterns in Ocean Ambient Noise near Sachs Harbour, Northwest Territories

This new capability enables contact centers to plug PBXMate in their network and immediately attenuate the level of ambient noise that exists in their phone calls.

Supervisor's Voice is Noise in Phone Calls

When compared to noise sources such as ship, rain, biological and human activities underwater ambient noise level is dominated by wind for a significant range of frequency [2].

Study of vertical coherence in shallow water ambient noise

Signal amplification in the channels for auditory danger signal and ambient noise reproduction was corrected so as to obtain values of sound pressure level in octave bands and A-weighted equivalent sound pressure level equal to the values measured at the industrial hall at head level of subjects.

DIRECTIVITY OF HEARING OF AUDITORY DANGER SIGNAL EMITTED BY OVERHEAD CRANE/ KIERUNKOWOSC SLYSZENIA DZWIEKOWEGO SYGNALU BEZPIECZENSTWA EMITOWANEGO PRZEZ SUWNICE

The technique hypothesis between pairs of receivers, the Green's function can be extracted from crosscorrelations of ambient noise recorded at both receivers, in turn allowing an estimate of the propagation delay between the stations.

Ambient noise for determination of site dynamic properties at Hurghada and Safaga cities, Red Sea, Egypt

Background noise of every form is completely cut out, thanks to dynamic noise reduction (DNR) that automatically eliminates distracting ambient noise for clear conversations that flow naturally.

Sell It To Me: Eris Conference Phone

The headphones are designed to block out ambient noise, so you can listen to your favorite tunes, or have the blissful sound of silence rock you right to sleep.

There's nothing like soothing snoozing

Starting in the 1930s, Alan Lomax roamed the world recording folk music of all kinds, from Mississippi prison songs to Uzbek ballads, plus sermons, stories, children's games, ambient noise, and other audio artifacts of human life.

A digital musical museum

The subcommittee - chaired by Cllr Bernie Taylor - said: "Residential areas are sensitive to the impact of noise generated by licensable activities especially by patrons departing either on foot or in cars which is particularly intrusive at night when ambient noise levels are much lower.