sone

/soʊn/
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Other forms: sones

Definitions of sone
  1. noun
    a unit of perceived loudness equal to the loudness of a 1000-hertz tone at 40 dB above threshold
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    type of:
    sound unit
    any acoustic unit of measurement
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