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すっごいレンジの音がしてるのが気になる。

What does the second の mean in this sentence?

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    Related: https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/1395/9831 / https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/1363/9831 – chocolate Jun 17 '19 at 22:41

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The second の is a nominalizing の.

It turns the phrase 「すっごいレンジの音がしてる」 into a noun so the grammar 「Nが気になる」 can be used to mean "N is on one's mind" or a similar meaning.

Another example of this usage of の is:

ゲームをするのが嫌いです。

(I) dislike playing video games.　

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