destructive interference
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He added that "such a deep suppression was a clear sign of destructive interference, and it had to be caused by something near the emitters."
From Science Daily ● Jan. 5, 2026
Just leave two doors open, and then you will have destructive interference, and the thieves cannot go into the living room,’” jokes physicist Jean Dalibard, who co-authored the 1984 paper.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 4, 2023
The length of the ring was chosen and adjusted precisely to create destructive interference for only one color of light.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 4, 2023
If the two waves have the same amplitude and wavelength, then they alternate between constructive and destructive interference.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
The early English, in their snug little corner of the world, belted by salt sea, were able to develop their civil government with less destructive interference.
From Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins by John Fiske
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