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    What unit is used to measure noise?

    Question #104678. Asked by armindasantana. (Apr 13 09 2:38 PM)


    mikew41

    		There are many different ways of measuring noise, depending on the definition you use. Noise can mean any unwanted sound or signal. TV picture which are blurry or snowy are suffering from "noise". If it is sound you want to mesure, it's usually done in decibels, but there are other ways.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound#Sound_measurement

    Apr 13 09, 2:46 PM
    Starlord

    		There are various measures of noise amongst which is the decibel is the most common. The link gives definitions for various units of noise.

    http://www.mnp.nl/mnc/i-en-0431.html

    Apr 13 09, 7:25 PM

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