ambient noise

collocation in English

meaningsofambientandnoise

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ambient
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈæm.bi.ənt/us
/ˈæm.bi.ənt/
(especially of environmental conditions) existing in the ...
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noise
noun
uk
/nɔɪz/us
/nɔɪz/
a sound or sounds, especially when it is unwanted, unpleasant, ...
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(Definition ofambientandnoisefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofambient noise

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This creates a spatially disembodied subsonic vibration that modulates theambientnoisein the space.
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Several had to be discarded to trim down the duration of the rating task or because ofambientnoisein the recordings.
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This amplitude level was adjusted to suit the changes inambientnoiselevel and if it was significantly impacting on the vendors in the area.
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There is the problem of what is calledambientnoise—noise from other things happening or noise reflected from certain buildings.
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This is the first directive that deals withambientnoiseas distinct from noise from a particular common source and that is to be welcomed.
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First, the 1989 regulations, which deal withambientnoise, but are nevertheless important, need to be enforced.
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Theambientnoiselevel around the cathedral will be no greater than exists at present.
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Ambientnoisegoes much wider than noise which comes from a particular source that is a statutory nuisance.
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How isambientnoiseaccounted for and where is the noise from an airfield measured?
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My group, however, does not support the rapporteur's intention to use the directive to introduce limit values forambientnoisein the vicinity of airports.
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However, the inclusion of aircraft noise in the mayor's assessment of theambientnoiseclimate will provide information.
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Ambientnoiseis included in the decent homes standard.
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Ideally, it is accounted for by siting monitors away from where theambientnoiseis generated.
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However, if unavoidable, allowance will be made for theambientnoiseif it is, for instance, background traffic noise.
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He asked howambientnoisewas accounted for.
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This study includesambientnoisefrom buildings and so on.
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Ambientnoiserefers to background noise; that is not the same as neighbour noise where there can be great variability.
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The rapporteur has now quoted far higher percentages, but the fact is thatambientnoiseis a serious and a major environmental problem.
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The noise to which those newer workers are exposed comes from a different source: it is not theambientnoisewith which the 1989 regulations were intended to deal.
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