SNR

S1N1R1

noun

signal-to-noise ratio

Less commonScrabble 3

Meanings

SNR1

nounSNR (plural SNRs)

plural SNRs

  1. abbreviationinitialismacousticsInitialism of Single Number Rating, a measure of the efficacy of hearing protection.

Snr2

adjective

alternative Sr · alternative Sr.

  1. UKabbreviationAbbreviation of senior; a title used after a father's name when his son is given the same name.

    Ricky Hatton's ex-coach Floyd Mayweather Snr believes it is inevitable the former world champion will be forced into making a ring comeback.

    2010, “Mayweather Snr feels Hatton will fight again”, in ESPN
    1 more example

    His father, Barack Obama Snr, was a visiting foreign student at university in Hawaii where he met and married Ann Dunham, the corn-fed product of Kansas parents, who was also studying at the college.

    2006, Barack Obama: New kid on the political block, BBC

Synonyms & antonyms

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Chicago

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