Physics A-Level
Interference of sound
What Interference of sound means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Interference of sound
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Two loudspeakers driven by the same signal act as coherent sources, and a microphone moved along a line parallel to the speakers detects alternating loud and quiet regions.
Topics that use Interference of sound
- Superposition (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Coherence
- Constructive and destructive superposition
- Constructive interference
- Constructive superposition
- Destructive interference
- Destructive superposition
- Grating equation
- Grating spacing
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