Associations to the word «Decibel»
Noun
- Dodd
- Per
- Cab
- Hearing
- Propagation
- Watts
- Pressure
- Ripple
- Notation
- Brent
- Audio
- Ordering
- Scale
- Converter
- Exposure
- Constant
- Seattle
- Microwave
- Unit
- Ear
- Transmission
- Offset
- Stimulation
- Mhz
- Log
- Slate
- Fade
- Abbreviation
- Demo
- Reduction
- Pencil
- Whistle
- Suffix
- Electrode
- Parameter
- Electronic
- Measure
- Equation
- Fraction
- Interference
- Value
- Si
- Diabetes
- Cavity
- Crowd
- Filter
- Range
- Listener
- Maximum
- Factor
- Electronics
- Formula
- Revolver
- Emission
- Radius
- Stockholm
- Diving
- Velocity
- Wave
- Horn
- Volume
- Limit
- Curve
- Complication
- Tone
- Penguin
Adjective
Wiktionary
DECIBEL, noun. A common measure of sound intensity that is one tenth of a bel on the logarithmic intensity scale. It is defined as dB = 10 * log10(P 1/P 2), where P1 and P2 are the relative powers of the sound.
Dictionary definition
DECIBEL, noun. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity; 10 times the logarithm of the ratio of the sound intensity to some reference intensity.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.