decibel levels
How loud something
Decibel levels measure sound intensity on a logarithmic scale.
The scale runs from near silence (0 dB) through conversation (60 dB) to painful thresholds (120+ dB).
The phrase appears constantly in discussions of noise pollution, hearing protection, and audio equipment: The concert exceeded safe decibel levels.
Each 10-decibel increase represents roughly a doubling of perceived loudness.
- tinnitusPerceived phantom ear sounds
- traffic noiseSounds from vehicles
- construction siteWhere edifices get erected
- amplitudeMaximum oscillation displacement
- noise pollutionHarmful environmental sound
noise ordinance · ambient noise · frequency · dynamic range · ear protection · turn it down · soundproofing · psychoacoustics · auditory threshold · noise exposure · hearing loss · rock concert · jet engine · industrial noise · audiometry · sound barriers · acoustic panels · quiet zones
- Audiologyaudiogram, audiometer, audiograms, pure tone audiometry, audiometers
- industrial noisegrinding, clanging, clanking, banging, hammering
- limits of hearingauditory threshold, frequency range, hearing range, pitch range, volume limits
- noise controlnoise control, noise reduction, noise abatement, soundproofing, sound insulation
- numeric rangespercentages, rating scales, decades, centuries, millennia
- soundscapessoundscape, soundscapes, ambient noise, nature sounds, ambient sound
decibel levelssilence
Total lack of sound
soundlessness · dead silence · quiet · quietness · stillness
decibel levelsinaudibility
Unable to be heard
imperceptibility · subaudible · ultrasonic · infrasonic · undetectable
decibel levelspeace and quiet
Freedom from disturbance
tranquility · serenity · calm · sound isolation · quietude