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Why don't we notice interference patterns when we turn on two lights in a room?
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In physics, interference is a phenomenon in which two waves superpose to form a resultant wave of greater, lower, or the same amplitude. This typically happens when light from two sources or two different paths overlap and interfere with each other. The resulting Show more…
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