DecibelUnit#

class astropy.units.function.logarithmic.DecibelUnit(physical_unit=None, function_unit=None)[source]#

Bases: LogUnit

Logarithmic physical units expressed in dB.

Parameters:
physical_unitUnit or string

Unit that is encapsulated within the decibel function unit. If not given, dimensionless.

function_unitUnit or string

By default, this is dB, but this allows one to use an equivalent unit such as 2 dB.