SONE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A unit of perceived loudness equal to the loudness of a 1000-hertz tone at 40 dB above threshold

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("sone" is a kind of...):

sound unit (any acoustic unit of measurement)

Holonyms ("sone" is a part of...):

phon (a unit of subjective loudness)

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