3.14 peak sound level. Level of the ratio of the square of a peak instantaneous sound-pressure signal with stated frequency weighting, within a stated time interval to the square of the reference value for sound pressure. Unit, decibel (dB), example abbreviation for C frequency weighting, for example, is PKC; symbol, LCpk.
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