"shot noise" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shot noises [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} shot noise (countable and uncountable, plural shot noises)
  1. Noise resulting from statistical fluctuations in the random number and distribution of individual photons or electrons hitting a detector, especially at low signal levels. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: Poisson noise
    Sense id: en-shot_noise-en-noun-gsKqFVzl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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