antinoise

  1. Adjective.  intended to reduce environmental noise.
  2. Adjective.  (context, of a noise) capable of neutralizing another noise.
  3. Noun.  a sound wave, of the same amplitude but of opposite phase to that of an unwanted sound, that can neutralize the unwanted sound using destructive interference.

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