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decibel

de·ci·bel

US/ˈdɛsɪbɛl/ uncommon

noun

1.

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

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Origin

From deci- + bel.

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