

decibel (power)




Symbol: | dB (power) |
Category: | Logarithm of a ratio |
SI Equivalent: | 1 dB |
Dimension: | nil (log) |
System: | SI |
Notes | |
The decibel is a unit for expressing the ratio between two amounts of acoustic power. It is defined as 10·log10P1/P2. |






1 dB (power) =


Logarithm of a ratio | ||
Symbol | Unit Name | |
0.1 | B (power) | bel (power) |
0.2 | B (voltage) | bel (voltage) |
2 | dB (voltage) | decibel (voltage) |
0.230259 | NP | neper |

