White-noise
noun
1.
Also called white sound. a steady, unvarying, unobtrusive sound, as an electronically produced drone or the sound of rain, used to mask or obliterate unwanted sounds.
2.
Physics. random noise with a uniform frequency spectrum over a wide range of frequencies.
noun
1.
sound or electrical noise that has a relatively wide continuous range of frequencies of uniform intensity
noise containing all frequencies rising in level by six decibels every octave
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