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Meanings of db in English

Portuguese
dubnio
Catalan
unnilpentium
Spanish
dubnio
Wikidata

A transuranic element.

        dubnio
        Portuguese
        decibéis
        Catalan
        db
        Spanish
        decibelio

        A logarithmic unit of sound intensity; 10 times the logarithm of the ratio of the sound intensity to some reference intensity.

              decibéis
              Usage of db in English
              1
              They called for a night noise limit of 30db for wind farms.
              The Irish Times
              2
              And the city council's noise control unit says any increase above 5db constitutes noise pollution.
              The Irish Times
              3
              For each database you need exactly one ndo2db daemon.
              Nagios: system and network monitoring, 2nd edition
              4
              That's five db above the previous record.
              The Fountains of Paradise
              5
              There's a generally accepted medical view that listening to headphones at over 85db is not a good idea.
              Independent.ie
              6
              Canal plugging was modeled as an alteration in the low frequency 3-db roll-off and corresponding dominant time constant.
              Pubmed
              7
              With sound levels of up to 170 db the device would present a serious danger of permanent hearing damage.
              Wired
              8
              Zero db and Other Stories
              All souls' rising
              9
              DB: As long as I can remember, to tell you the truth.
              Ebony
              10
              DB: Well, I tell you what: my father prepared me for that.
              Ebony
              11
              DB: All I can say is keep your hand in God's hand.
              Ebony
              12
              Wilson played the nickel DB last season and did a good job.
              Reuters
              13
              Internet search engines to identify on-line DBs pertaining to congenital UE differences.
              Pubmed
              14
              Jayhawks DB Fish Smithson leads the NCAA in solo tackles with 78.
              Reuters
              15
              Foster and DB Justin Coleman and S Jordan Richards... WR Nick Williams.
              Reuters
              16
              Finally Rowan and DB head out, and Vince says that man too.
              The South African
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