sound pressure

nounPhysics.

Also called excess sound pressure, instantaneous sound pressure. the difference between the pressure at a point in a medium through which a sound wave is passing and the static pressure of the medium at that point.
effective sound pressure.

Origin of sound pressure

First recorded in 1890–95

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The H1n records wide stereo audio and can handle high sound pressure levels.
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An example is the decibel scale, which measures sound pressure level.
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Yet the sound pressure level of voices in the noisy room might be 10 times higher.
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For every 10 decibel increase, the sound pressure increases 10 times.
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So a 20 decibel sound has not twice the sound pressure of 10 decibels, but 10 times that level.
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