3.25 sound intensity level. Ten times the logarithm to the base ten of the ratio of the time-average intensity of a given sound in a stated direction to the reference value for sound intensity of 1 picowatt per square meter (1 pW/m2). Unit, decibel (dB); abbreviation, IL; symbol, LI.
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