Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a noise produced by a stimulus containing all of the audible frequencies of vibration;
- Example: "white noise is a good masking agent"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
White noise \White noise\, n.
a mixture or random noise sounds extending over the entire
audible frequency spectrum with approximately equal intensity
at all frequencies. It is used in certain experiments, as in
psychology, to prevent subjects from hearing meaningful
sounds.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
white noise
n 1: a noise produced by a stimulus containing all of the
audible frequencies of vibration; "white noise is a good
masking agent"