background signal

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background signal - extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured; "they got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals"

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interference, noise, disturbance - electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication

background noise, ground noise - extraneous noise contaminating sound measurements that cannot be separated from the desired signal

background radiation - radiation coming from sources other than those being observed

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Taking these factors into account and using all collected data, we will be able to show that neither material is going to contribute a false asymmetry in the background signal of the NPDGamma apparatus.

Commissioning of the NPDGamma detector array: counting statistics in ... by Zhu, H. / Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Negative values of bone Pb recorded in some subjects arose from the subtraction of the background signal from the spectrum in the XRF analysis, as described by McNeill et al.

Impact of occupational exposure on lead levels in women by Kaye, Wendy E. / Environmental Health Perspectives

Only background signal was seen in the cells prepared from a healthy control (Figure 2E).

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