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Neper vs Decibel - What's the difference?

neper | decibel |

As nouns the difference between neper and decibel

is that neper is a unit of attenuation used in transmission line theory; equivalent to 8.686 dB while decibel is 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.

neper

English

(wikipedia neper)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A unit of attenuation used in transmission line theory; equivalent to 8.686 dB.

    • Anagrams

    * ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Noun

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    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.