unit:DeciB

URI: http://qudt.org/vocab/unit/DeciB

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A customary logarithmic measure most commonly used (in various ways) for measuring sound.Sound is measured on a logarithmic scale. Informally, if one sound is $1 b e l$ (10 decibels) "louder" than another, this means the louder sound is 10 times louder than the fainter one. A difference of 20 decibels corresponds to an increase of 10 x 10 or 100 times in intensity. The beginning of the scale, 0 decibels, can be set in different ways, depending on exactly the aspect of sound being measured. For sound intensity (the power of the sound waves per unit of area) $0 d e c i b e l$ is equal to $1 p i c o W a t t s p e r M e t r e S q u a r e d$ . This corresponds approximately to the faintest sound that can be detected by a person who has good hearing. For sound pressure (the pressure exerted by the sound waves) 0 decibels equals $20 m i c r o p a s c a l s R M S$ , and for sound power $0 d e c i b e l s$ sometimes equals $1 p i c o W a t t$ . In all cases, one decibel equals $\approx 0.115129 n e p e r$ .

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A customary logarithmic measure most commonly used (in various ways) for measuring sound.Sound is measured on a logarithmic scale. Informally, if one sound is

1 b e l

(10 decibels) "louder" than another, this means the louder sound is 10 times louder than the fainter one. A difference of 20 decibels corresponds to an increase of 10 x 10 or 100 times in intensity. The beginning of the scale, 0 decibels, can be set in different ways, depending on exactly the aspect of sound being measured. For sound intensity (the power of the sound waves per unit of area)

0 d e c i b e l

is equal to

1 p i c o W a t t s p e r M e t r e S q u a r e d

. This corresponds approximately to the faintest sound that can be detected by a person who has good hearing. For sound pressure (the pressure exerted by the sound waves) 0 decibels equals

20 m i c r o p a s c a l s R M S

, and for sound power

0 d e c i b e l s

sometimes equals

1 p i c o W a t t

. In all cases, one decibel equals

\approx 0.115129 n e p e r

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