Logarithmic unit expressing the ratio of a physical quantity.
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Puel probably did not think the decibel levels could rise any more.
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Family after family arrives, each claiming a decrepit ancestor amid high-decibel greetings.
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The first day of this year's tournament was a heavy-hitting, 100-decibel-shrieking opening.
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But he looked pointedly at her, and his voice rose a decibel.
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The train plunged on, quieter by the tiniest fraction of a decibel.
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Souter Lighthouse and its 120 decibel foghorn from the North Sea.
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Expect the decibel levels to rise over the next few months.
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The decibel level was so high, we were required to wear sound-blocking headphones.
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Air- and bone conduction thresholds were measured in decibel hearing level.
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The voluble propaganda of the right had to be matched decibel for decibel.
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The instant I closed the door, the game resumed at full decibel level.
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The production was violating a 60-decibel noise limit by eight decibels.
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An already-loud sellout crowd hit unparalleled decibel levels, even by Bridgestone Arena standards.
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His voice had jumped a decibel and at least one notch of anxiety.
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Warlow's thousand-decibel laugh blasted out, silencing the bar for an instant.
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The Observer's Jon Henderson reckons the answer is a device that measures decibel level.
