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Mord42 t1_j4u2r5i wrote

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

> A tuning fork would not vibrate measuralby faster in vacuum.

I'm being incredibly pedantic rn but since a vacuum slightly decreases the damping, the damped frequency would be ever so slightly higher than if the air was there.

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Force3vo t1_j4u9qtb wrote

Which is why they said measurably faster.

It would be faster but not in a way that's really meaningful.

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