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Phon

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Noun

1. phon

a unit of subjective loudness

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Phon

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noun
a unit of loudness that measures the intensity of a sound by the number of decibels it is above a reference tone having a frequency of 1000 hertz and a root-mean-square sound pressure of 20 × 10–6 pascal
abbreviation for
1. Also: phonet
phonetics
2. 
phonology

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Phon

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noun
a measure of the apparent loudness level of a sound with respect to a 1,000-cycle-per-second pure tone: based on the subjective judgment of the human ear or on objective comparisons of acoustical measurements

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Phon

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pref.
Variant of phono-.
n.
A unit of apparent loudness, equal in number to the intensity in decibels of a 1,000-hertz tone perceived to be as loud as the sound being measured.

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