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Bel

Term · Oil and gas · MLC-T-OAG-000314

A logarithmic unit of measurement that expresses the ratio of two values of a power or root-power quantity, such as sound intensity or voltage. In geophysics, the decibel (dB), which is one-tenth of a bel, is commonly used to quantify seismic signal amplitudes, attenuation, and noise levels. A 20 dB increase represents a tenfold increase in amplitude.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-OAG-000314
FieldOil and gas
SubjectGeophysics
Record as JSON 
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  "term": "Bel",
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  "definition": "A logarithmic unit of measurement that expresses the ratio of two values of a power or root-power quantity, such as sound intensity or voltage. In geophysics, the decibel (dB), which is one-tenth of a bel, is commonly used to quantify seismic signal amplitudes, attenuation, and noise levels. A 20 dB increase represents a tenfold increase in amplitude.",
  "subject": "Geophysics",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oil-and-gas/bel/"
}

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