WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
sur′face noise′, [Audio.]
  1. Sound Reproductionextraneous noise caused by physical wear or a physical flaw on a phonograph record or in a pickup system, rather than by a flaw in the equipment.
  • 1930–35


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