comfort noise

noun

Synthetic background noise used in radio and wireless communications to fill the artificial silence in a transmission resulting from voice activity detection or from the audio clarity of modern digital lines.

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comfort tone
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Meanings

nouncomfort noise (uncountable)
  1. uncountableSynthetic background noise used in radio and wireless communications to fill the artificial silence in a transmission resulting from voice activity detection or from the audio clarity of modern digital lines.

    Synonyms: comfort tone

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynthetic background noise used in radio and wireless communications to fill the artificial silence in a transmission resulting from voice activity detection or from the audio clarity of modern digital lines.

Similar
comfort tone
Also see
comfort tone
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APA

comfort noise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comfort%20noise

MLA

“comfort noise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comfort%20noise. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “comfort noise,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comfort%20noise.

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