"noise cancellation" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} noise cancellation (uncountable)
  1. (sound, headphones) The active cancellation of outside noise by creation of an inverse waveform to null out noise soundwaves within the subject environment. Wikipedia link: active noise control Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Sound Synonyms: NC, noise cancelling Translations (Translations): إِلْغَاء الضَّوْضَاء (ʔilḡāʔ aḍ-ḍawḍāʔ) [masculine] (Arabic), шумопоти́скане (šumopotískane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ruisonderdrukking [feminine] (Dutch), vastamelu (Finnish), réduction du bruit [feminine] (French), ხმაურჩახშობა (xmaurčaxšoba) (Georgian), Geräuschunterdrückung [feminine] (German), Umgebungsgeräuschunterdrückung [feminine] (German), cancellazione del rumore [feminine] (Italian), ノイズキャンセリング (noizu kyanseringu) (Japanese), ノイキャン (noikyan) (Japanese), redukcja szumów [feminine] (Polish), cancelamento de ruído [masculine] (Portuguese), suprimare zgomot [feminine] (Romanian), шу̀моподавле́ние (šùmopodavlénije) [neuter] (Russian), otkazivanje buke [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), otkazivanje šuma [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), cancelación de ruido [feminine] (Spanish), шу̀мозаглу́шення (šùmozahlúšennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), шумогасі́ння (šumohasínnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), chống ồn [neuter] (Vietnamese)

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