An instrument for measuring the level of sound pressure in DECIBELs. Such measurements are called sound level readings. See: SOUND LEVEL. Sound level meters usually ...

Or jackhammer, or chain saw loud. That’s what the Globe discovered at several of the T’s most infamously noisy sections, with help from a sound level meter that measured the decibel output of ...

Cheatle said an officer responding to a complaint will use a decibel meter to measure sound from the complainant's property line. If the ordinance has been violated, the standard practice is to ...