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SONE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sone mean?
• SONE (noun)
The noun SONE has 1 sense:
1. a unit of perceived loudness equal to the loudness of a 1000-hertz tone at 40 dB above threshold
Familiarity information: SONE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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