English-Spanish translations for decibel

• decibel
  Dos decibelios no parecen mucho, pero tres decibelios supone ya casi la mitad del ruido. Two decibels may not appear much, but three decibels represents nearly a cut of the noise by half.
  Se puede bajar 2 decibelio sin poner en peligro la seguridad. A reduction of 2 decibels is technically possible without jeopardising safety.
  Va a haber un capítulo 4 con -10 decibelios. There is going to be a Chapter 4 with a reduction of 10 decibels.
• decibelio
  Dos decibelios no parecen mucho, pero tres decibelios supone ya casi la mitad del ruido. Two decibels may not appear much, but three decibels represents nearly a cut of the noise by half.
  Va a haber un capítulo 4 con -10 decibelios. There is going to be a Chapter 4 with a reduction of 10 decibels.
  Se puede bajar 2 decibelio sin poner en peligro la seguridad. A reduction of 2 decibels is technically possible without jeopardising safety.

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