Word: decibels
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: de
ci
bels
Definition: Plural of decibel; a logarithmic unit of sound intensity; 10 times the logarithm of the ratio of the sound intensity to some reference intensity
Morphemes:
Affix: deci-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: A tenth part; a tenth part; one part in ten equal parts
Etymology Compounds: Affix: decimus
Language: la
Decoded: decimus
Meaning: tenth
Affix: bel
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A measure of relative power, defined as log10(P P 2), where P1 and P2 are the measured and reference power respectively.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.