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A sound unit (7)

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I believe the answer is:

decibel

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This could be a double definition.

'a sound' is the first definition.
I know that 'sound' relates to this answer. I also know that both the answer and definition are singular nouns

'unit' is the second definition.
(decibel is a kind of unit)

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(Other definitions for decibel that I've seen before include "Unit for measuring intensity of sound" , "Sound level unit" , "Measure of sound" , "Noise unit" , "Unit of volume" .)

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