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