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Why high-pitched sounds fade faster than low-pitched ones explained by air physics and geometry

High-pitched sounds vanish before low-pitched ones as a sound source moves away.

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Air viscosity and molecular relaxation filter out high frequencies.

This phenomenon shapes auditory perception in open spaces.

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