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nepers

nepers is the plural of neper.

Meaning of neper

Noun

neper (plural nepers)

  1. A non-SI unit of the attenuation (or sometimes gain) of field and power quantities such as electronic signals; the natural logarithm of a ratio, with 1 Np (a ratio of 2.718:1) being equivalent to 8.686 dB.
    • Values of b, the amplitude attenuation constant, are given for various materials in Table 1.1. Having dimensions of [length]⁻¹, it is usually measured in nepers per centimetre (Np cm⁻¹).1994, T. G. Leighton, The Acoustic Bubble, page 28

Questions about nepers

What is nepers the plural of?
Nepers is the plural of neper.

Words near nepers in the dictionary

  1. nepenthesin
  2. nepenthesins
  3. nepenths
  4. neper
  5. Neperian
  6. nepers
  7. Nepesta
  8. nepeta
  9. nepetalactone
  10. nepetas
  11. nepetin

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