"signal-to-noise ratio" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: signal-to-noise ratios [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} signal-to-noise ratio (plural signal-to-noise ratios)
  1. (sciences) A figure of merit comparing the strength of a signal carrying information to the noise interfering with it. Categories (topical): Sciences Translations (figure of merit): signaali-kohinasuhde (Finnish), jel-zaj viszony (Hungarian), jel-zaj arány (Hungarian), stosunek sygnału do szumu [masculine] (Polish), raport semnal-zgomot [neuter] (Romanian), signal-brusförhållande [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-signal-to-noise_ratio-en-noun-xpObsopI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Topics: sciences Disambiguation of 'figure of merit': 92 8
  2. (colloquial) The proportion of useful or interesting information in a message or conversation. Tags: colloquial Translations (proportion of useful information): asiapitoisuus (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-signal-to-noise_ratio-en-noun-hHO3mO7j Disambiguation of 'proportion of useful information': 18 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: signal-noise ratio, SNR [abbreviation], S/N [abbreviation]

Inflected forms

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