S/N

 Dictionary entry overview: What does S/N mean? 

• S/N (noun)
  The noun S/N has 1 sense:

1. the ratio of signal intensity to noise intensity

  Familiarity information: S/N used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• S/N (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The ratio of signal intensity to noise intensity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

S/N; signal-to-noise; signal-to-noise ratio; signal/noise; signal/noise ratio

Hypernyms ("S/N" is a kind of...):

ratio (the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient))