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antinoise
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an·ti·noise  (nt-noiz, nt-)
adj.
1. Designed to reduce environmental noise, as in a community: an antinoise ordinance.
2. Capable of neutralizing the sound of another noise.
n.
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.

antinoise [ˈæntɪˌnɔɪz]
n
(Engineering / General Engineering) sound generated so that it is out of phase with a noise, such as that made by an engine, in order to reduce the noise level by interference


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According to Claude Mathieu, president and CEO of MANN+HUMMEL USA, the company was initially looking at active noise control technology but determined that it would be an exceedingly expensive approach to accomplishing this noise enhancement.
6 TK5102 Sicuranza and Marshall, affiliated, respectively, with the University of Trieste, Italy and the University of Strathclyde, UK present work on emerging theories and techniques in nonlinear signal and image processing, including recent theoretical contributions in digital filtering as well as applications in areas such as genomics, speech analysis and synthesis, communication systems, active noise control, and strategies for handling multivalued data.
Active Noise Control Another noise reduction technology that is making significant inroads in certain sectors employs the concept of "active noise control" (ANC).
 
 
 
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