Term: surface noise: noise produced by the friction of the stylus of a record player moving over the rotating record
Broader: background noise: extraneous noise contaminating sound measurements that cannot be separated from the desired signal | Unrelated: kaffir boom: small semi-evergreen broad-spreading tree of eastern South Africa with orange-scarlet flowers and small coral-red seeds; yields a light soft wood used for fence posts or shingles
Broader: background noise: extraneous noise contaminating sound measurements that cannot be separated from the desired signal | Unrelated: wall: a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain)
Broader: background noise: extraneous noise contaminating sound measurements that cannot be separated from the desired signal | Unrelated: firewall: (colloquial) the application of maximum thrust
Broader: background noise: extraneous noise contaminating sound measurements that cannot be separated from the desired signal | Unrelated: smear: a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope
Broader: background noise: extraneous noise contaminating sound measurements that cannot be separated from the desired signal | Unrelated: stipulation: (law) an agreement or concession made by parties in a judicial proceeding (or by their attorneys) relating to the business before the court; must be in writing unless they are part of the court record
Broader: background noise: extraneous noise contaminating sound measurements that cannot be separated from the desired signal | Unrelated: bethel: a house of worship (especially one for sailors)
Broader: background noise: extraneous noise contaminating sound measurements that cannot be separated from the desired signal | Unrelated: ophiodon: a genus of Ophiodontidae
Broader: background noise: extraneous noise contaminating sound measurements that cannot be separated from the desired signal | Unrelated: space rocket: a rocket powerful enough to travel into outer space
Broader: background noise: extraneous noise contaminating sound measurements that cannot be separated from the desired signal | Unrelated: bitter betch: European perennial toxic vetch
Broader: background noise: extraneous noise contaminating sound measurements that cannot be separated from the desired signal | Unrelated: field-effect transistor: a transistor in which most current flows in a channel whose effective resistance can be controlled by a transverse electric field