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decay rate

10.08  decay rate. At a stated frequency, time rate at which sound pressure level decreases in a room. Unit, decibel per second (dB/s).

Annotation              Decay rate, d, in a reverberant room is related to reverberation time T by

T = 60 dB / d.

 

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