Decibel and Sound unit

Decibel

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

Sound unit and decibel are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sound unit" instead a noun "Decibel".

Sound unit

Sound unit noun - Any acoustic unit of measurement.
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Decibel and sound unit are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Decibel" with "Sound unit", this terms are similar.
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