noun
Meaning 1
When two waves meet and their crests and troughs cancel each other out, resulting in a smaller wave or no wave at all, occurring when they are out of phase (180 degrees apart), like noise-canceling headphones using opposite sound waves to create silence; the opposite of constructive interference, where waves add up to become bigger.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: audio, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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