noiseとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• enPR: noiz, IPA^(key): /nɔɪz/
• 韻: -ɔɪz
• Homophone: Noyes

名詞

noise (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 noises)

1. Various sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant.

   He knew that it was trash day, when the garbage collectors made all the noise.

   • (Can we date this quote by Francis Bacon かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     The heavens turn about in a most rapid motion without noise to us perceived.

   • 1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax:

     Charles had not been employed above six months at Darracott Place, but he was not such a whopstraw as to make the least noise in the performance of his duties when his lordship was out of humour.

2. Sound or signal generated by random fluctuations.
3. (technology) Unwanted part of a signal.

   signal-to-noise ratio

4. (figuratively, by extension) Unwanted fuss or bustle; useless activity.
   • 2013, R. Douglas Williamson, Straight Talk on Leadership: Solving Canada's Business Crisis:

     In order to provide coherence and confidence, the leader must dramatically turn down the noise level in the organization, eliminate any unnecessary distractions that inevitably get in the way of execution, and banish the fear of uncertainty.

5. (genetics) The measured level of variation in gene expression among cells, regardless of source, within a supposedly identical population.
6. Rumour or complaint.

   The problems with the new computer system are causing a lot of noise at Head Office.

   • (Can we date this quote by T. Baker かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     What noise have we had about transplantation of diseases and transfusion of blood!

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     Socrates lived in Athens during the great plague which has made so much noise in all ages.

7. (obsolete) Music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians; a band.
   • (Can we date this quote by Ben Jonson かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     The king has his noise of gypsies.

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8. (music) A genre of rock music that uses static and other non-musical sounds, also influenced by art rock.

同意語

• (Various sounds): sound

下位語

• (Various sounds): bang, boom, crash, thud

派生語

• signal-to-noise
• noiseless
• noises off
• noisy

参照

(Genetics meaning) "Noise in Gene Expression: Origins, Consequences, and Control." Jonathan M. Raser and Erin K. O'Shea (2005). Science. 309(5743):2010-2013.

動詞

noise (三人称単数 現在形 noises, 現在分詞 noising, 過去形および過去分詞形 noised)

1. (intransitive) To make a noise; to sound.

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2. (transitive) To spread news of; to spread as rumor or gossip.
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts II:

     When this was noysed aboute, the multitude cam togedder and were astonyed, because that every man herde them speake in his awne tongue.

   • 1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: Printed for Nath[aniel] Ponder […], OCLC 228725984; reprinted in The Pilgrim’s Progress as Originally Published by John Bunyan: Being a Fac-simile Reproduction of the First Edition, London: Elliot Stock […], 1875, OCLC 222146756, page 17:

     This man then meeting with Chriſtian, and having ſome inckling of him, for Chriſtians ſetting forth from the City of Deſtruction was much noiſed abroad, not only in the Town, where he dwelt, but alſo it began to be the Town-talk in ſome other places.

Further reading

• noise in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• noise in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• noise at OneLook Dictionary Search

アナグラム

• NESOI, Senoi, eosin