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 Definitions of decibel  [ˈdɛs əˌbɛl, -bəl]  

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Definition of 'decibel' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) decibel
a unit used to express differences in power, esp. in acoustics or electronics: equal to ten times the common logarithm of the ratio of two signals.

Etymology:  (1925–30; deci-+bel)

Definition of 'decibel' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) decibel, dB
a logarithmic unit of sound intensity; 10 times the logarithm of the ratio of the sound intensity to some reference intensity


Translation of 'decibel' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (
Traffic noise is measured in decibels.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: desibel Arabic flag Arabic: وِحْدَة ارْتِفاع الصَّوْت Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: децибел
Brazilian flag Brazilian: decibel Czech flag Czech: decibel German flag German: das Dezibel
Danish flag Danish: decibel Greek flag Greek: ντεσιμπέλ Spanish flag Spanish: decibelio
Estonian flag Estonian: detsibell Farsi flag Farsi: دسی بل Finnish flag Finnish: desibeli
French flag French: décibel Hebrew flag Hebrew: דֶצִיבֵּל Hindi flag Hindi: आवाज की तीव्रता की माप
Croatian flag Croatian: decibel, mjerna jedinica Hungarian flag Hungarian: decibel Indonesian flag Indonesian: desibel
Icelandic flag Icelandic: desíbel Italian flag Italian: decibel Japanese flag Japanese: デシベル
Korean flag Korean: 데시벨 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: decibelas Latvian flag Latvian: decibels
Malay flag Malay: desibal Dutch flag Dutch: decibel Norwegian flag Norwegian: desibel
Polish flag Polish: decybel Persian flag Persian: دسی بل Pashto flag Pashto: دسی بل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: decibel Romanian flag Romanian: decibel Russian flag Russian: децибел
Slovak flag Slovak: decibel Slovenian flag Slovenian: decibel Serbian flag Serbian: decibel
Swedish flag Swedish: decibel Thai flag Thai: หน่วยวัดระดับความดังของเส Turkish flag Turkish: desibel
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 分貝 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: децибел Urdu flag Urdu: آواز کی بلندی کی پیمائش ک
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: đêxiben Chinese flag Chinese: 分贝

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