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— Stephen Crane

I stood upon a high place,

And saw, below, many devils

Running, leaping,

And carousing in sin.

…

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A person whose profession is acting on the stage, in films, or on television.

“The lead actor delivered a powerful performance that moved the entire audience to tears.”

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decibel

Part of Speech: nounPronunciation: /des-uh-bel/

A unit used to measure the intensity or loudness of sound.

In a Sentence

“The concert was so loud that the sound level reached 120 decibels.”

Origin

Coined from 'deci-' (a tenth part) and 'bel', named after Alexander Graham Bell.

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Synonyms

sound levelloudness unitintensity unitdBsound measure

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Related Words

soundvolumeamplitudefrequencyhertzwattdecibelsdB

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