Weber’s Law says that we perceive differences on a logarithmic, not a linear scale.

的名字来给它命名。韦伯定律，我们在对数尺度上感知物体不同点，而不是在线性尺度上。

Decibels are in what we call a logarithmic scale, for the mathematicians out there.

对于那里的数学家来说，分贝是我们所说的对数刻度。

That might not sound like a lot, but decibels are on a logarithmic scale, like the Richter scale for earthquakes.

这听起来可能不是很多， 但分贝是对数标度，就像地震的里氏标度一样。

Scientists love to put big booms on a scale and came up with a logarithmic scale that measures the volume ejected during an eruption: The Volcanic Explosivity Index, or VEI.

科学家们喜欢把大爆发放在一个刻度上，并提出了一个对数刻度来测量火山喷发期间所喷出的体积：火山爆发指数，又称VEI。