is an umbrella term used to describe a number of definitions. For example, noise, in a derogatory fashion may imply the production of sound, of music or singing is unwanted and simply seen as a disturbance of the otherwise peaceful environment. Otherwise, noise can be considered anything which interferes with, obscures, reduces, or otherwise affects the clarity of an on-going process, for example, placing a broadband router next to a TV will hamper its performance due to the TV producing (apart from literal noise) radio wave noise.
NOISE: "Noise, one of the more irritable factors which can ruin a countryside, according to some research, however, the line between noise, music and 'non-noise' is still blurred. In terms of devices, noise refers to radio waves which are emitted by other devices such as TVs or phones which can disrupt internet routers for example."
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "NOISE," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 7, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/noise/ (accessed March 29, 2020).
