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Decibel vs Centibel - What's the difference?

decibel | centibel |

As nouns the difference between decibel and centibel

is that decibel is decibel while centibel is a measure of sound intensity that is one hundredth of a bel on the logarithmic intensity scale.

decibel

English

(wikipedia decibel)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A common measure of sound intensity that is one tenth of a bel on the logarithmic intensity scale. It is defined as dB = 10 * log10(P 1/P 2), where P1 and P2 are the relative powers of the sound.

    • centibel

    English

    (wikipedia centibel)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A measure of sound intensity that is one hundredth of a bel on the logarithmic intensity scale.