#decibel

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A unit used to express relative difference in power or intensity, usually between two acoustic or electric signals, equal to ten times the common logarithm of the ratio of the two levels. After Alexander Graham Bell, that is, a decibel is one tenth of a bel, the uncommonly-used unit of measurement named after the inventor of the telephone.

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