decibel level

collocation in English

meaningsofdecibelandlevel

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decibel
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdes.ɪ.bel/us
/ˈdes.ɪ.bel/
a unit for measuring the loudness ...
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level
noun[C]
uk
/ˈlev.əl/us
/ˈlev.əl/
the height ...
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(Definition ofdecibelandlevelfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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If the evidence that we have seen this week about thedecibellevelof the road is correct, that information was wrong.
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Even worse, at the public inquiry the inspector at the inquiry that preceded these events was misled as to the anticipateddecibellevel.
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It is accepted—not only in this country but elsewhere—that the lowestdecibellevelacceptable is 35.
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We have to be reasonable and acknowledge that it is twice as expensive to construct track that reduces thedecibellevelto 30 from 35.
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If one sits in the compartment of a suburban electric train, thedecibellevelwill be 76.
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We accept what he says and welcome the detached and objective contribution which he made, albeit at a highdecibellevel.
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Noise was causing loss of hearing, so there had to be a limitation on thedecibellevel.
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Will he make a study of thedecibellevelwhich farm workers have to tolerate when operating in safety cabs?
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Car alarms and people arguing were far more objectionable than children playing or people laughing, even if thedecibellevelwas the same.
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Indeed, in my experience, the effect and influence that one has is often in inverse proportion to thedecibellevelof the rhetoric that one uses.
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We have to find a much more home-spun way of defining what is acceptable by way of noise and then, if necessary, translating it into adecibellevel.
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I would rather not do it the other way round and begin with adecibellevel, because that might exclude a lot of ordinary human situations.
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New noise regulations should be introduced to lower the maximum perceived noisedecibellevelof 110 during the day and 102 at night.
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Hundreds of different jingles separate programs from commercials; they are generally played at the samedecibelleveland are variations on a single melody.
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Depending on thedecibellevel, the amount of exposure prior to hearing damage varies.
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The vehicles are sealed tight to maximize containment of the sound energy for thedecibellevelmeter.
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The lower end of the filter becomes flatter with increasingdecibellevel, whereas the higher end becomes slightly steeper.
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The company policy is to play the music at the 8085decibellevel.
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Unnecessary honking of vehicles makes for a highdecibellevelof noise in cities.
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The decibel levels of this new layer of site exploration needed careful consideration.
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