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PHON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A unit of subjective loudness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("phon" is a kind of...):
sound unit (any acoustic unit of measurement)
Meronyms (parts of "phon"):
sone (a unit of perceived loudness equal to the loudness of a 1000-hertz tone at 40 dB above threshold)
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