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noise collapse: incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks; "all the noise in his speech concealed the fact that he didn't have anything to say"; the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern music is just noise to me"; a loud outcry of protest or complaint; "the announcement of the election recount caused a lot of noise"; "whatever it was he didn't like it and he was going to let them know by making as loud a noise as he could"; sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels"; electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication

conservatism collapse: a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes

incidence collapse: the striking of a light beam on a surface; "he measured the angle of incidence of the reflected light"; the relative frequency of occurrence of something

rampant collapse: (of a plant) having a lush and unchecked growth; "a rampant growth of weeds"; unrestrained and violent; "rampant aggression"

defiant collapse: boldly resisting authority or an opposing force; "brought up to be aggressive and defiant"; "a defiant attitude"

constrained collapse: lacking spontaneity; not natural; "a constrained smile"; "forced heartiness"; "a strained smile"

error collapse: (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed; departure from what is ethically acceptable; a misconception resulting from incorrect information; part of a statement that is not correct; "the book was full of errors"; (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer

testing collapse: the act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works; "they agreed to end the testing of atomic weapons"; an examination of the characteristics of something; "there are laboratories for commercial testing"; "it involved testing thousands of children for smallpox"

nugget collapse: a solid lump of a precious metal (especially gold) as found in the earth

entity collapse: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

impartiality collapse: an inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally

ocean collapse: a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere; anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume

poundage collapse: weight expressed in pounds; a fee charged for the recovery of impounded animals; a charge based on weight measured in pounds

interdict collapse: a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity; an ecclesiastical censure by the Roman Catholic Church withdrawing certain sacraments and Christian burial from a person or all persons in a particular district; destroy by firepower, such as an enemy's line of communication

self-restraint collapse: exhibiting restraint imposed on the self; "an effective temperateness in debate"

inhibition collapse: (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires; the quality of being inhibited; (physiology) the process whereby nerves can retard or prevent the functioning of an organ or part; "the inhibition of the heart by the vagus nerve"

aplomb collapse: great coolness and composure under strain; "keep your cool"

pragmatism collapse: (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value

abnegation collapse: renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others; the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief; "abnegation of the Holy Trinity"

command collapse: availability for use; "the materials at the command of the potters grew"; the power or authority to command; "an admiral in command"; great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity; "a good command of French"; an authoritative direction or instruction to do something; a military unit or region under the control of a single officer; a position of highest authority; "the corporation has just undergone a change in command"; make someone do something; be in command of; "The general commanded a huge army"; demand as one's due; "This speaker commands a high fee"; "The author commands a fair hearing from his readers"

injunction collapse: (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity; "injunction were formerly obtained by writ but now by a judicial order"; a formal command or admonition

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