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Definition of signal-to-noise ratio noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

signal-to-noise ratio

noun

1(technology) the strength of an electronic signal that you want to receive, compared to the strength of the signals that you do not want

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2a measure of how much useful information you receive, compared to information which is not useful

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