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Noise Floor: Normally the lowest threshold of useful signal level (although sometimes audible signals below the noise floor may be recovered).

Signal To Noise Ratio: A measurement of noise level in a device compared to the level of the signal. Higher numbers signify a greater difference, which is better. In technical terms, it is the ratio, expressed in . . . View Full Definition

Pink Noise: Pink noise is a random noise source characterized by a flat amplitude response per octave band of frequency, i.e., it has equal energy, or constant power, per octave. Pink noise is created b . . . View Full Definition

Pelvic Floor Muscles: The deep internal muscles engaged when halting urination or performing a Kegel exercise.

Open Depending On The Floor: Used for listed equity securities. Having room for a customer buyer or seller contingent on the results of a trade being executed on the floor (i.e., satisfying the specialist book and the o . . . View Full Definition

Noise Gate: An expander with a fixed 'infinite' downward expansion ratio. Used extensively for controlling unwanted noise, such as preventing 'open' microphones and 'hot' instrument pick-ups from introd . . . View Full Definition

Off-Floor Order: Used for listed equity securities. (1) Order to buy or sell a security that originates off the floor of an exchange; customer orders originating with brokers, as distinguished from orders pl . . . View Full Definition

On-Floor Order: Used for listed equity securities. Security order originating with a member on the floor of an exchange when dealing with his or her own account, versus an upstairs order. Antithesis of off- . . . View Full Definition

Sea-Floor Spreading: The horizontal movement of oceanic crust

Signal-To-Noise Ratio: ratio of signal variance to noise variance, computed for a given band limit.