sone

[ sohn ]

noun
  1. a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1,000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.

Origin of sone

1
First recorded in 1945–50; from Latin sonus; see sound1

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sone

/ (səʊn) /


noun
  1. a subjective unit of loudness equal to that experienced by a normal person hearing a 1 kHz tone at 40 dB

Origin of sone

1
C20: from Latin sonus a sound

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