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shot noise

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.47 in modern English

Syllables
shot noise
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Noise resulting from statistical fluctuations in the random number and distribution of individual photons or electrons hitting a detector, especially at low signal levels.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

shot noises (plural)

Synonyms

Poisson noise

Questions

What does shot noise mean?
Noise resulting from statistical fluctuations in the random number and distribution of individual photons or electrons hitting a detector, especially at low signal levels.

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