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One decibel (dB) is equal to one tenth of a bel (B).
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Is The decibel is a unit of pitch?
No. A decibel is one tenth of a bel. The decibel is a logarithmic unit of measurement that expresses the magnitude of a physical quantity relative to a specified reference level. It is a dimensionless unit, because it expresses a ratio of two quantities with the same unit.
What does one times one equal?
One times one equal one.
What rhymes with maxwell?
Southwell, decibel, and parallel are three good examples.
On the decibel scale an increase of decibels means an intensity increase ten times?
ten
Is one half equal to 12?
no one half is equal to 1/2
What is one tenth of a bel?
A unit of power or intensity equal to one tenth of a bel is a decibel.
What is one tenth Bel?
one tenth Bel = 1 deciBel = 1 dB
Where did the word decibel come from?
Deci is one-tenth. Bel is for Alexander Graham Bell.
What unit sound is measured in?
Decibel (dB) * The Bel is the primary unit. However, the scale is too large. So for human hearing, we use the deciBel, where each deciBel is 1/10 of a Bel. this is abbreviated dB.
What rhymes with decibel?
nothing rhymes with decibel perfectly but you can look on WWW.OneLook.com for words ending in *Bel
What is 1 decimeter equal to in meters?
"Deci" means 1/10th of. So a decimeter = 0.1 meter Similarly, a deciBel = 0.1 Bel
Unit of measuring loudness of sound is called?
Bel or decibel.
Where was term decibel or db first used?
Decibel with the abbreviation dB is equal to one-tenth of a bel, after Alexander Graham Bell. It is a measuring system, first used in telephony in 1929, where signal loss is a logarithmic function of the cable length; see: W.H. Martin, "DeciBel - the new name for the transmission unit. Bell System Tech. J. January, 1929".
Is The decibel is a unit of pitch?
No. A decibel is one tenth of a bel. The decibel is a logarithmic unit of measurement that expresses the magnitude of a physical quantity relative to a specified reference level. It is a dimensionless unit, because it expresses a ratio of two quantities with the same unit.
What is a unit of a sound?
The loudness of sound is measured using the "decibel" or "bel" unit.
Define decibel in your own words?
A decibel is one tenth of a bel. The decibel, short dB, is a logarithmic unit of measurement that expresses the magnitude of a physical quantity relative to a specified or implied reference level. It expresses a ratio of two quantities with the same unit. That is why it is a dimensionless unit.
What does a decibel measure?
Decibels measure a ratio of two values of the same unit.Answer:A decibel is measure of loudness of sound although it can be applied to other applications. The base unit is the bel and a tenth of that the decibel. In the real world a decibel of sound is about the weakest sound a person can hear - as an example the rubbing of your finger and thumb together at arms length.
