DB

  

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DB

Definition: DB

DB

Noun

1. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity; 10 times the logarithm of the ratio of the sound intensity to some reference intensity.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Specialty Definitions: DB

DomainDefinitions

Computing

DB database. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: DB

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

DB or db may stand for:






DB (car)

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

DB is a French automobile maker. The firm was founded by Charles Deutsch and René Bonnet. It produced light sports cars with fiberglass bodies mainly powered by Panhard flat-twin engines.

DB was very active in competition especially in Le Mans 24 Hours. Deutsch introduced some very efficient and influential aerodynamic designs which allowed DB race cars to reach impressive top speed despite the small Panhard flat-twin engine.

Deutsch and Bonnet disagreed whether they should build cars with front-wheel drive or with central engine.

Charles Deutsch left DB in 1961 to found his own firm (CD) and DB became Automobiles René Bonnet, producing cars powered by Renault engines, which later became Matra Automobiles.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "DB."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: DB

 

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.

EntrySourceExpressionField

DB

DanishDaekningsbidragN/A

DB

EnglishDavid BrownN/A

db

FrenchDécibelMeteorology & Standards, Physics

DB

GermanDatenbankComputing

DB

Greekβουβή ριπήComputing
dBcEnglishDB relative to carrier powerTelecom

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonym: DB

Synonym: decibel (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: DB

English words defined with "dB": One-valued functionsone. (references)
Specialty definitions using "dB": acoustic reflex, aircraft sound description system, allowance rate, auditory reflex, aural reflexbalanced bridge interferometer switch, balanced bridge interferometric switchColdFusionday night sound level, DB Smack, dBi, dBZ, decreasing frequency decade, Digital Audio Tape, drop-outEb/Noforholdet mellem energien i hver informationsbit og støjspektraltætheden,normalt udtrykt i dBG/T, gain/temperature, gain-to-noise temperature ratioHearing Loss, Partial, howler toneitsekorjautuva keskeytysmass law, melnoise exposure forecastoptical return losspartial restoring time, percentage of deafness, percentage of hearing impairment, percentage of hearing lossRDBsil, sound exposure level, speech interference levelvia net loss, vu. (references)

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Commercial Usage: DB

DomainTitle

References

  • DB Group Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Market Guide / ProVestor Plus Company Report for Deutsche Bank AG (ADS) - DB [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

  • Microsoft Ole Db 2.0 Programmer's Reference and Data Access Sdk (Microsoft Professional Editions) (reference)

  • Ole Db and Odbc Developer's Guide (reference)

  • Zero Db (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: DB

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Those above 85 dB are potentially hazardous. (references)

Allison DB, Fontaine KR, Manson JE, Stevens J, VanItallie TB. Annual deaths attributable to obesity in the United States. (references)

Both temporary threshold shift (TTS) and permanent threshold shift (PTS) in response to a given intense noise may differ as much as 30 to 50 dB among individuals. (references)

Economic History

Korea

Special note: Computer software includes packaged software, computing services, multimedia content development, and off-line DB production. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: DB

"DB" is generally used as a noun (common) -- approximately 54.84% of the time. "DB" is used about 93 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (common)54.84%5147,619
Noun (proper)37.63%3558,339
Noun (singular)7.53%7133,076
                    Total100.00%93N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: DB

CountryName
New Zealand

DB Group Limited

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expression: DB

Expression using "dB": forholdet mellem energien i hver informationsbit og støjspektraltætheden,normalt udtrykt i dB. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "dB": DB-25, db-double, db-lib, db-library.

Ending with "dB": Ca-db.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: DB

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

db

549

db power amp

130

db power

97

db poweramp

82

db drag

70

mobile db

64

db gt

61

db cooper

49

db design

44

db sweeney

39
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: DB

Language Translations for "dB"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Korean 

  

일일 회보. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

dbay.(various references)

   

Russian 

  

уровень звука (db level, decibel level). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: DB

Derivations

Words containing "dB": bandbox, bandboxes, bedbug, bedbugs, biofeedback, biofeedbacks, birdbath, birdbaths, birdbrain, birdbrained, birdbrains, bloodbath, bloodbaths, breadbasket, breadbaskets, breadboard, breadboarded, breadboarding, breadboards, breadbox, breadboxes, broadband, cardboard, cardboards, childbearing, childbearings, childbed, childbeds, childbirth, childbirths, cloudberries, cloudberry, cloudburst, cloudbursts, coldblood, coldblooded, cudbear, cudbears, deadbeat, deadbeats, deadbolt, deadbolts, diamondback, diamondbacks, endbrain, endbrains, feedback, feedbacks, feedbag, feedbags, feedbox, feedboxes, foldboat, foldboats, goldbrick, goldbricked, goldbricking, goldbricks, goldbug, goldbugs, goodby, goodbye, goodbyes, goodbys, grandbabies, grandbaby, groundbreaker, groundbreakers, groundbreaking, groundburst, groundbursts, handbag, handbags, handball, handballs, handbarrow, handbarrows, handbasket, handbaskets, handbell, handbells, handbill, handbills, handblown, handbook, handbooks, handbreadth, handbreadths, hardback, hardbacks, hardball, hardballs, hardboard, hardboards, hardboot, hardboots, hardbound, headband, headbands, headboard, headboards, hindbrain, hindbrains, holdback, holdbacks, midbrain, midbrains, mindblower, mindblowers, moldboard, moldboards, oddball, oddballs, redbait, redbaited, redbaiting, redbaits, redbay, redbays, redbird, redbirds, redbone, redbones, redbreast, redbreasts, redbrick, redbricks, redbud, redbuds, redbug, redbugs, reedbird, reedbirds, reedbuck, reedbucks, roadbed, roadbeds, roadblock, roadblocked, roadblocking, roadblocks, rudbeckia, rudbeckias, sandbag, sandbagged, sandbagger, sandbaggers, sandbagging, sandbags, sandbank, sandbanks, sandbar, sandbars, sandblast, sandblasted, sandblaster, sandblasters, sandblasting, sandblasts, sandbox, sandboxes, sandbur, sandburr, sandburrs, sandburs, seedbed, seedbeds, shadberries, shadberry, shadblow, shadblows, shadbush, shadbushes, sodbuster, sodbusters, soundboard, soundboards, soundbox, soundboxes, speedball, speedballed, speedballing, speedballs, speedboat, speedboating, speedboatings, speedboats, standardbred, standardbreds, standby, standbys, studbook, studbooks, svedberg, svedbergs, threadbare, threadbareness, threadbarenesses, tidbit, tidbits, windbag, windbags, windblast, windblasts, windblown, windbreak, windbreaker, windbreakers, windbreaks, windburn, windburned, windburning, windburns, windburnt, woodbin, woodbind, woodbinds, woodbine, woodbines, woodbins, woodblock, woodblocks, woodbox, woodboxes, wordbook, wordbooks, yardbird, yardbirds. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: DB

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

 Words containing the letters "b-d"
 

+1 letter: bad, bed, bid, bod, bud, dab, deb, dib, dub.

 

+2 letters: abed, bade, bads, bald, band, bard, baud, bawd, bead, beds, bedu, bend, bide, bids, bind, bird, bled, bode, bods, body, bold, bond, brad, bred, buds, bund, burd, dabs, darb, daub, debs, debt, dibs, doby, drab, drib, drub, dubs, dumb.

 

+3 letters: abide, abode, adobe, adobo, ardeb, baaed, baddy, badge, badly, baked, balds, baldy, baled, bands, bandy, baned, barde, bards, bared, based, bated, bauds, bawds, bawdy, bayed, beads, beady, beard, bedel, bedew, bedim, bends, bendy, biddy, bided, bider, bides, bidet, bield, bifid, biked, bindi, binds, biped, bipod, birds, blade, bland, bleed, blend, blind, blond, blood, blued, board, boded, bodes, bolds, bonds, boned, booed, bored, bound, bovid, bowed, boxed, brads, braid, brand, bread, brede, breed, bride, broad, brood, buddy, budge, build, bunds, bundt, burds, bused, cebid, cubed, darbs, daube, daubs, dauby, debar, debit, debts, debug, debut, debye, demob, derby, dhobi, dobby, dobie, dobla, dobra, dobro, doubt, drabs, dribs, drubs, dumbs, dweeb, ebbed, embed, gibed, gybed, imbed, jibed, lobed, lubed, orbed, rabid, rebid, redub, robed, sabed, tabid, tubed, unbid.

 

+4 letters: abased, abated, abduce, abduct, abided, abider, abides, aboard, aboded, abodes, abound, abrade, abroad, absurd, abused, adobes, adobos, adsorb, adverb, albedo, ambled, ardebs, aubade, babied, bached, backed, badass, badder, baddie, badged, badger, badges, badman, badmen, baffed, bagged, bailed, baited, balded, balder, baldly, balked, ballad, balled, bammed, banded, bander, bandit, bandog, banged, banked, banned, barbed, barded, bardes, bardic, barfed, barged, barked, barred, bashed, basked, basted, bathed, batted, bawdry, bawled, bayard, beaded, beadle, beaked, beamed, beaned, beards, becked, bedamn, bedaub, bedbug, bedded, bedder, bedeck, bedell, bedels, bedews, bedims, bedlam, bedpan, bedrid, bedrug, bedsit, beduin, bedumb, beefed, beeped, begged, begird, beglad, behead, beheld, behind, behold, belady, belaud, beldam, belied, belled, belted, benday, bended, bendee, bender, bendys, beside, bested, bestud, betide, betted, beyond, biased, bibbed, bidden, bidder, biders, bidets, biding, bields, biffed, bifold, bilged, bilked, billed, binder, bindis, bindle, binged, binned, bipeds, bipods, birded, birder, birdie, birled, birred, bitted, bladed, blades, blamed, blared, blawed, blazed, bleeds, blende, blends, blinds, blonde, blonds, bloods, bloody, blowed, blumed, boards, boated, bobbed, bodega, bodice, bodied, bodies, bodily, boding, bodkin, boffed, bogged, boiled, bolder, boldly, bolide, bolled, bolted, bombed, bonded, bonder, bonduc, bonged, bonked, boobed, boodle, booked, boomed, booted, boozed, bopped, bordel, border, boride, bossed, bounds, boused, bovids, bowled, bowsed, boyard, braced, braids, braked, brands, brandy, braved, brayed, brazed, breads, bready, bredes, breeds, brewed, briard, bribed, bridal, brides, bridge, bridle, brined, broads, bromid, broods, broody, browed, bruted, buboed, bucked, budded, budder, buddle, budged, budger, budges, budget, budgie, buffed, bugged, bugled, builds, bulbed, bulged, bulked, bulled, bummed, bumped, bundle, bundts, bunged, bunked, bunted, buoyed, burden, burdie, buried, burked, burled, burned, burped, burred, bushed, busied, busked, bussed, busted, butled, butted, buzzed, byrled, byroad, byword, cabbed, cabled, cebids, ceboid, combed, cuboid, curbed, dabbed, dabber, dabble, dagoba, daubed, dauber, daubes, daubry, daybed, debark, debars, debase, debate, debeak, debits, debone, debris, debtor, debugs, debunk, debuts, debyes, demobs, desorb, dhobis, dibbed, dibber, dibble, dibbuk, diobol, disbar, disbud, djebel, doable, dobber, dobbin, dobies, doblas, doblon, dobras, dobros, dobson, dorbug, double, doubly, doubts, drably, dubbed, dubber, dubbin, dumbed, dumber, dumbly, durbar, dweebs, dyable, dybbuk, edible, embeds, embody, fabled, fibbed, fobbed, forbad, forbid, fubbed, gabbed, gabled, garbed, gibbed, globed, gobbed, goodby, herbed, hobbed, hoboed, hotbed, hybrid, ibidem, imbeds, imbody, imbued, inbred, indaba, jabbed, jambed, jibbed, jobbed, kerbed, kobold, lambda, lambed, libido, limbed, lobbed, midrib, mobbed, mobled, morbid, nabbed, nibbed, nobody, numbed, obeyed, obtund, outbid, probed, rebids, rebind, rebody, rebred, redbay, redbud, redbug, redubs, ribald, riband, ribbed, roband, robbed, rubbed, rubied, sabbed, sabred, seabed, serdab, sobbed, sorbed, subbed, subdeb, subdue, tabard, tabbed, tabled, tabued, tidbit, tombed, tubbed, turbid, unbend, unbind, unbred, upbind, verbid, webbed, webfed, wombed.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

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Alternative Orthography: DB


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 42

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-..    -...

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01000010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#66

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0042

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3836

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Usage Frequency
7. Names: Company Usage
8. Expressions
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Abbreviations
12. Acronyms
13. Derivations
14. Anagrams
15. Orthography
16. Bibliography


  

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