Associations to the word «Db»

Wiktionary

DB, symbol. (element symbol) Symbol for dubnium.
DB, symbol. (metrology) The symbol for decibel
DB, noun. (databases) database
DB, noun. Dead body
DB, proper noun. (rail transport) Deutsche Bahn (German Railways)

Dictionary definition

DB, noun. A transuranic element.
DB, noun. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity; 10 times the logarithm of the ratio of the sound intensity to some reference intensity.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats