shot noise
noun
Electronics.
See under shot effect.
Origin of shot noise
First recorded in 1975–80
Words nearby shot noise
shot hole,
shot in the arm,
shot in the arm, a,
shot in the dark,
shot metal,
shot noise,
shot on goal,
shot put,
shot to hell,
shot tower,
shot up
Definition for shot noise (2 of 2)
shot effect
noun Electronics.
random fluctuations in the emission of electrons from a hot cathode, causing a hissing or sputtering sound (shot noise) in an audio amplifier and causing snow on a television screen.
Also called
Schottky noise.
Origin of shot effect
translation of German
Schroteffekt (1918), equivalent to
Schrot small shot, buckshot +
Effekt
effect
British Dictionary definitions for shot noise
shot noise
shot effect
noun
the inherent electronic noise arising in an electric current because of the discontinuous nature of conduction by electrons
Also called: Schottky noise (ˈʃɒtkɪ)