Term: background: extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured
Candidate hypernym: noise: electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication → 1
Candidate hypernym: pyralid: usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pests → 0
Candidate hypernym: auk: black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas → 0
Candidate hypernym: ephemerid: short-lived insect → 0
Candidate hypernym: cable: a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power → 0
Candidate hypernym: lysogeny: the condition of a host bacterium that has incorporated a phage into its own genetic material → 0
Candidate hypernym: screen door: a door that consists of a frame holding metallic or plastic netting; used to allow ventilation and to keep insects from entering a building through the open door → 0
Candidate hypernym: harpy: large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America → 0
Candidate hypernym: bean caper: perennial shrub of the eastern Mediterranean region and southwestern Asia having flowers whose buds are used as capers → 0
Candidate hypernym: gerbil: small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping → 0
Candidate hypernym: hydrangea: any of various deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus Hydrangea → 0