WordNet
n. a crackling or hissing noise cause by electrical interference [syn: static, atmospherics]
Usage examples of "atmospheric static".
His troopers, all military-intelligence specialists, had to tell the difference between real atmospheric static and manmade static as they swept the frequencies.
He began to turn dials, picking up atmospheric static, moans and cries, ships, taxis, fire engines, beeps from research satellites.
So the brief burst, no more than atmospheric static to any but the most sophisticated intercept gear, didn't even have any content.
It was turned on, but only a hiss of atmospheric static came from the speaker.
All it took was a receiver sensitive enough to pick up the modulated field several thousand kilometres away where it was even weaker than the atmospheric static.