"phon" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: phons [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} phon (plural phons)
  1. (acoustics) A unit of apparent loudness, equal in number to the intensity in decibels of a 1,000-hertz tone judged to be as loud as the sound being measured. Categories (topical): Acoustics Translations (unit of apparent loudness): fón [masculine] (Czech), fooni (Finnish), foni (Finnish), phone [masculine] (French), Phon [neuter] (German), ホン (hon) (Japanese), ホーン (Japanese), fon [masculine] (Polish), fon [masculine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-phon-en-noun-9t96eN4L Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "word": "fón"
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