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signal-to-noise ratio

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signal-to-noise ratio
n
(Electronics) the ratio of one parameter, such as power of a wanted signal to the same parameter of the noise at a specified point in an electronic circuit, etc.

The ratio of the amplitude of the desired signal to the amplitude of noise signals at a given point in time.
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Noun1.signal-to-noise ratio - the ratio of signal intensity to noise intensitysignal-to-noise ratio - the ratio of signal intensity to noise intensity
ratio - the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)


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