English-Italian translations for decibel

• decibel
  Due decibel non sembrano molti, ma 3 decibel significano già ridurre di quasi la metà l' inquinamento acustico. Two decibels may not appear much, but three decibels represents nearly a cut of the noise by half.
  Ci sarà un capitolo 4 con meno 10 decibel. There is going to be a Chapter 4 with a reduction of 10 decibels.
  Gli emendamenti nn. 2, 3 e 4 propongono di ridurre di 2 decibel i valori limite. Amendment Nos 2, 3 and 4 propose the reduction of noise thresholds by 2 decibels.

Definition of decibel

• A common measure of sound intensity ratio that is one tenth of a bel on the logarithmic intensity scale. It is defined as dB = 10 log₁₀, where ''P''₁ and ''P''₂ are the relative powers of the sound

Related words

• deci
• decide
• decision
• decimal
• decimetre
• decidedly
• undecided
• decipher
• decidual