Compare with constructive interference. When the peaks of one wave match the troughs of another, the waves interfere destructively. The amplitudes of the interfering waves cancel to give the resultant wave a lower amplitude.
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(from the article `interference`) ...producing constructive interference; but, if the two waves are out of phase by 12 period (i.e., one is minimum when the other is maximum), the ... ...superposition yielding four times the individual intensity, constitutes what is called constructive interference. The second example, that of ... .....
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the interference of two waves of equal frequency and opposite phase, resulting in their cancellation where the negative displacement of one always coincides with the positive displacement of the other. Cf. constructive interference.
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