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full_hammer OP t1_j4sclec wrote

Reply to comment by ellipsis31 in What happens to the energy of sound in space? by full_hammer

Ah that makes sense, thanks for the tuning fork example. That really helped it click

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quaste t1_j4u5j45 wrote

Just think about it as: the dampening effect of the surrounding air doesn’t exist, so energy stays within its source longer.

Or think about water instead of air and moving in water (sound is just movement or created by movement) vs outside.

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