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noiseless en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English noise Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English noiseless From noise + -less.

Meanings

  1. Producing no noise; without noise.
    • For by the hearth the children sit ⁠Cold in that atmosphere of Death, ⁠And scarce endure to draw the breath, Or like to noiseless phantoms flit: But open converse is there none, […] 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XX”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 33:
    • The movements of the cat were noiseless as it approached the mousehole.
  2. Containing no noise.
    • The core idea of the Nostega paradign is basically camouflaging messages by embedding them in a form of noiseless data by employing either altered authenticated data or legitimate untraceable data, as shown in Section 1.3. 2016, Abdelrahman Desoky, Noiseless Steganography, page 4:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most noiseless Degree=Sup lexicographic
more noiseless Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

noiselessness · noiselessly

Synonyms

noise-free

Translations (24)

fi meluton (silent) · pl bezgłośny (silent) · bg безшумен (silent) · de geräuschlos (silent) · pl bezszumny (silent) · ro nezgomotos (silent) · fr silencieux (silent) · el αθόρυβος (silent) · ru бесшу́мный (silent) · grc ἄψοφος (silent) · nb lydløs (silent) · la impercussus (silent) · hu nesztelen (silent) · pl bezszumowy (silent) · bg беззвучен (silent) · hu hangtalan (silent) · hu zajtalan (silent) · la tacitus (silent) · tr gürültüsüz (silent) · grc ἄθροος (silent) · ota گورلدیسز (silent) · ro silențios (silent) · eo senbrua (silent) · uk безшумний (silent)