nici wrote:TheFreeDictionary has this to say about noise
noise Pronunciation (noiz)
n.
1.
a. Sound or a sound that is loud, unpleasant, unexpected, or undesired.
b.
Sound or a sound of any kind: The only noise was the wind in the pines.
2. A loud outcry or commotion: the noise of the mob; a lot of noise over the new law.
I understand what you are saying though, but to my defense i have to say that English is my third language and i need someone to tell me what im doing wrong
Yes, you are quite right. Noise is often used as described in 1b.,
however it's really a misuse of the word or term.
Physicists and electricians know better though. when they talk about Signal to Noise ratios they know that noise is not a 'good' sound.
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They much prefer Signal to Noise!
But the reality is that we don't really have a perfect definition for noise in English. When I researched the word more than a decade ago I learned that it was 'common acceptance' that the word meant 'unwanted sound'.
There simply wasn't and isn't, to this day, a better definition for it.
And here's one good example why it's problematic.
One person's music (wanted sound) could be noise (unwanted sound) to another. So often, the same sound can be wanted and unwanted at the same time! If your neighbour is playing his stereo at 2:00 a.m. he might be really enjoying listening to his music. You however, might be trying to go to sleep and insist that the sounds coming into your apartment are NOISE, and not music!
So in the above case, the definition for noise as 'unwanted sound', works for one person and not the other.