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That would be the 'Bel', a unit of sound amplitude named after Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor who studied sound in order to help deaf people.
Unfortunately, a Bel was a very large amount of sound - close to the loudness of a jet taking off. As a result, much later, a tenth of a Bel came into common use. The latin for one tenth of anything is, "deci", hence deci-Bel, or deciBel. It is correct to spell it with the capital 'B'. That is why the abbreviation for deciBel is "dB", not "db".
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Adding to that, the deciBel is not a linear unit nor necessarily of sound. It is used for example in measuring amplifier gains. it is a logarithmic ratio of the measured signals' amplitude relative to the reference level signal for the system being measured.
For airborne sound the 0dB reference level is the minimum pressure detectable by the healthy human ear, a staggeringly tiny 20µPa (micro-Pascals) in linear terms. That translates as one-fifty-thousand-millionth of standard atmospheric pressure at mean sea-level.
The ear's amplitude response is roughly logarithmic, and the maximum endurable (though painful and harmful) SPL is one million times that reference, so 20Pa, or 120dB re 20µPa to give the unit's proper full name. (log to base-10 of 1 million is 6 so 20X6 =120.)
Marine sonar uses 1µPa as the reference or 0dB pressure, i.e. 26dB below the air acoustics reference level.
The calculation for that is 20log(1/20), again, the logarithm base is 10,
Incidentally, the B is often in lower-case when written in the full word, rightly or not, but the correct abbreviation is still dB.
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How could you use amplitude in a sentence?
There are many methods of measuring the amplitude of sound waves.Amplitude corresponds to the loudness of the sound.
A sound waves amplitude corresponds to the sounds what?
Usually, people are asking as if there is just "the" amplitude in sound waves in air. The loudness perception of a sound is determined by the amplitude of the sound waves − the higher the amplitude, the louder the sound. Which amplitude of sound (sound amplitude) do you mean? There are: amplitude of particle displacement ξ, or displacement amplitude amplitude of sound pressure p or pressure amplitude amplitude of sound particle velocity v, or particle velocity amplitude amplitude of pressure gradient Δ p, or pressure gradient amplitude. Furthermore, think of the amplitude of the oscillation of a string. The maximum magnitude of the deflection of a wave is called amplitude. Look at link: "What is an amplitude?"
Unit of measuring loudness of sound is called?
Bel or decibel.
What does amplitude have to do with sound?
amplitude is the height of the sound wave.
What does the amplitude of a wave tell about a sound?
Amplitude is the maximum displacement of a wave. The amplitude determine the loudness of the sound
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What is the SI unit of amplitude for sound?
The SI unit for the amplitude of sound is decibel. It is written as dB.
How could you use amplitude in a sentence?
There are many methods of measuring the amplitude of sound waves.Amplitude corresponds to the loudness of the sound.
What is the unit for sound measurement?
the unit of measuring sound is decibel.
What does a decibel have to do with sound?
A decibel is the unit of measuring the level of sound.
Unit for measuring loudness of sound?
Decibel
When the loudness of a sound and amplitude of a sound increases the amplitude of the sound produced will be?
The loudness of a sound is the same thing as the overall amplitude of a sound. When measuring sound, in general, you have pitch (frequency) and tone (amplitude, the measure of loudness). So, if you increase the amplitude of a sound wave pattern, you increase the overall intensity of the sound (the energy), and that can be measured on the logarithmic scale of decibels, since an unconstrained, undirected sound wave carries its energy outward in all directions, in an increasing volume of air (or other medium).
The unit of measuring the intensity of sound is kept after the name of which eminent scientist?
instrument for measuring sound was named after which scientist?
When measuring the volume of a sound what unit is used?
A decibel.
Unit for measuring the volume of sound?
Decibels are the scale used for measuring the volume of sounds.
A sound waves amplitude corresponds to the sounds what?
Usually, people are asking as if there is just "the" amplitude in sound waves in air. The loudness perception of a sound is determined by the amplitude of the sound waves − the higher the amplitude, the louder the sound. Which amplitude of sound (sound amplitude) do you mean? There are: amplitude of particle displacement ξ, or displacement amplitude amplitude of sound pressure p or pressure amplitude amplitude of sound particle velocity v, or particle velocity amplitude amplitude of pressure gradient Δ p, or pressure gradient amplitude. Furthermore, think of the amplitude of the oscillation of a string. The maximum magnitude of the deflection of a wave is called amplitude. Look at link: "What is an amplitude?"
What is the si unit for amplitude?
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