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decibel:
- dB
Wiktionary:
- decibel → décibel
- decibel → décibel

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Detailed Translations for decibel from English to French

decibel:

decibel [the ~] nomen

the decibel (db)

– One tenth of a bel (named after Alexander Graham Bell), a unit used in electronics and other fields to measure the strength of a sound or signal. Decibel measurements fall on a logarithmic scale and compare the measured quantity against a known reference. ¹
dB
- dB

Translation Matrix for decibel:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	dB
Not Specified	Related Translations	Other Translations
dB	db; decibel

Synonyms for "decibel":

dB; sound unit

Related Definitions for "decibel":

a logarithmic unit of sound intensity; 10 times the logarithm of the ratio of the sound intensity to some reference intensity²
One tenth of a bel (named after Alexander Graham Bell), a unit used in electronics and other fields to measure the strength of a sound or signal. Decibel measurements fall on a logarithmic scale and compare the measured quantity against a known reference.¹

Wiktionary Translations for decibel:

decibel

noun

a common measure of sound intensity
- decibel → décibel

decibel

noun

métrologie|nocat=1 rare|fr unité de mesure de grandeurs logarithmiques du Système international (SI), valant Annexe:Principales puissances de 10 bel, et dont le symbole est dB.
- décibel → decibel

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• decibel	→ décibel	↔ Dezibel — zehnter Teil eines Bels: logarithmische Hilfsmaßeinheit zur Unterscheidung von Pegeln und Maßen in der Technik, insbesondere in der Akustik