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LanceH
on Aug 1, 2019
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Every Noise at Once
Isn't the inverse of a sound the same sound?
bzbarsky
on Aug 1, 2019
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It's the same sound, but out of phase, so they cancel out. Think operating principle of noise-canceling headphones.
noir_lord
on Aug 1, 2019
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Nope, it's flipped on the horizontal axis (if you picture it as a graph) so when both are summed you get zero (at least in perfect destructive interference).
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