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BACKGROUND LEVEL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does background level mean?
• BACKGROUND LEVEL (noun)
The noun BACKGROUND LEVEL has 1 sense:
1. the amplitude level of the undesired background noise
Familiarity information: BACKGROUND LEVEL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The amplitude level of the undesired background noise
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
background level; noise level
Hypernyms ("background level" is a kind of...):
amplitude (greatness of magnitude)
Context examples
Previous papers have documented how background levels of the gas seem to rise and fall seasonally.
(Curiosity Detects Unusually High Methane Levels, NASA)
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