Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Designed to reduce environmental noise, as in a community.
- adjective Capable of neutralizing the sound of another noise.
- noun A technique for neutralizing unwanted sound, in which a second sound wave, identical to but out of phase with the unwanted sound, is used to cancel the unwanted sound.
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- adjective Intended to
reduce environmental noise . - adjective of a noise Capable of
neutralizing another noise. - noun A
sound wave , of the sameamplitude but ofopposite phase to that of anunwanted sound , that canneutralize the unwanted sound usingdestructive interference .
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Examples
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The technology works by measuring the noise field close to the ear and then calculating an "antinoise" response which is sent to the headphone speaker.
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These headphones involve "a microphone, placed near the ear, and electronic circuitry that generates an 'antinoise' sound wave with the opposite polarity of the sound wave arriving at the microphone.
NYT > Home Page 2009
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These headphones involve "a microphone, placed near the ear, and electronic circuitry that generates an 'antinoise' sound wave with the opposite polarity of the sound wave arriving at the microphone.
NYT > Home Page 2009
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But one antinoise organization is sounding off about the new siren.
Sounds That Move You 2010
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Orchestras are also installing noise-absorbing panels and placing antinoise screens at strat egic places, like in front of the brass section, to force the noise over the heads of other players.
Archive 2008-04-01 Will 2008
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But across Europe, musicians are being asked to wear decibel-measuring devices and to sit behind see-through antinoise screens.
Archive 2008-04-01 Will 2008
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Now the Egyptian government is stepping up its antinoise campaign.
Noise City 2008
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But across Europe, musicians are being asked to wear decibel-measuring devices and to sit behind see-through antinoise screens.
Dance from New Zealand; A Big Problem with the House; Life becoming Louder Will 2008
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Orchestras are also installing noise-absorbing panels and placing antinoise screens at strat egic places, like in front of the brass section, to force the noise over the heads of other players.
Dance from New Zealand; A Big Problem with the House; Life becoming Louder Will 2008
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The noises of the street, with all the whistles of the factories and the horns of the motor cars, are bad enough, and the antinoise crusade is quite in order.
Psychology and Social Sanity Hugo M��nsterberg 1889
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