Synonyms for decibel
ˈdɛs əˌbɛl, -bəldeci·bel

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. decibel, dBnoun

   a logarithmic unit of sound intensity; 10 times the logarithm of the ratio of the sound intensity to some reference intensity

   Synonyms:
   atomic number 105, element 105, dubnium, hahnium, dB

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1. • Sound Unit

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. decibel

   Synonyms:
   10 log10 P/Po

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1. Matthew Terrell:

   People weren't wearing hearing protection, it's like being right next to a speaker at a rock concert, you can't yell over a 120-decibel megaphone.

2. Jochen Hermann:

   We want the car to be as quiet as possible from the interior, but there are rules for sound decibel levels for the exterior, we picked an acoustic signal for the EQC about a year ago and made a choice between three different sounds.

3. Mike Braun:

   I think yes it probably will make the dynamic different, i'm not going to deny it's going to change the decibel level and probably the intensity of which we go about talking about witnesses.