signal degradation
Broadcast losing strength
Signal degradation is the loss of quality or strength as a signal travels through a medium or system.
Radio waves weaken over distance, audio loses clarity through repeated copying, digital data corrupts during transmission.
The term applies across electronics, telecommunications, and broadcasting: Signal degradation made the video unwatchable.
Any process that diminishes signal integrity counts as degradation.
- attenuationGradual intensity reduction
- noiseUnwanted auditory disturbance
- white noiseConstant random sound
- interferenceUnwelcome involvement in affairs
- staticWithout motion or change
distortion · fading · loss · packet loss · weakening · corruption · dropout · dropped call · jitter · latency · bad connection · artifact · pixelation · fuzzy · crackle · hiss · ghosting · blur