signal to noise ratio

Definition 1

Communication: Ratio of useful information to the total available or sent/received data.

Definition 2

Quality control: Magnitude of an experimental effect that is above the effect of experimental error due to chance factors.

Definition 3

Telecommunications: Ratio of desired signal to the unwanted interference. It is a measure of the signal quality and is expressed in decibels (db).


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