Sound unit
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A sound unit is any acoustic unit of sound measurement.
- bel, B - a logarithmic unit of sound pressure equal, measured a tenth of it in decibels dB.
- dB, decibel - a logarithmic unit of sound pressure; 20 times the logarithm of the ratio of the sound pressure to reference pressure, the threshold of hearing. The sound intensity may be calculated from that measurement.
