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Word: Decibel
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 20th century: from deci-‘ten’ + bel (the unit being one tenth of a bel)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈdɛsɪb(ɛ)l
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a unit used to measure the intensity of a sound or the power level of an electrical signal by comparing it with a given level on a logarithmic scale.
Short Definition:unit used to measure intensity of sound or power level of electrical signal by comparing it with given level on logarithmic scale
Variant Forms:
- dB
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