decibel
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- noun
- /ˈdɛsɪbɛl/
- Specialized
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decibelio
- Changes in sound level of only a few decibels can elicit substantial animal responses.
- decibel level
- decibels (dB)
- 90 decibels
So maybe you can remember back to the very first of my lectures where we had the decibel demonstration, we changed decibel levels.
- So maybe you can remember back to the very first of my lectures where we had the decibel demonstration, we changed decibel levels.
- There were more decibels, but fewer Lufts, and these days it's the Lufts that matter.
- And those are though you don't what what you don't what you lose in decibel level, you gain in just directness of mid range.
- But, you know, there's people who are because of the veracity of, of the decibels that the campaign is at.
Examples
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Budell said the train transmitted about 90 decibels as it crossed the long steel switch.
Academic text (2002) -
How loud is a male fruit fly's mating call? "About 50 decibels at 2 centimeters," says Foreman.
Academic text (1996) -
So it's much louder as you can hear the decibel levels for this.
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Or make any other high decibel noises near me.
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Or make any high decibel noises while near me.
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But can you maybe drop it down a few decibels, please?
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The research team has enhanced sensitivity by 10 to 20 decibels using these techniques.
Academic text (1994) -
"Princess Ella's cheeks turned even rosier, and she raised her voice maybe five or six decibels."
Fiction book (1999) -
One hundred twenty decibels: head-on collision of a 54 Ford pickup and a 64 Chevy station wagon.
Fiction book (1990) -
The noise from the concert reached a maximum of 120 decibels, making it difficult to have a conversation.
Synonyms
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4.9
A unit used to measure how loud a sound or how strong an electrical signal is
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Decibel comes from deci- ('one tenth') and bel (a unit named after Alexander Graham Bell). So, a decibel is literally a 'tenth of a bel' and is the unit we use to measure how loud a sound is.