"sone" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /soʊn/ [General-American], /səʊn/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: sones [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊn Head templates: {{en-noun}} sone (plural sones)
  1. (acoustics) a subjective unit of loudness for an average listener equal to the loudness of a 1000-hertz sound that has an intensity 40 decibels above the listener's own threshold of hearing Categories (topical): Acoustics
    Sense id: en-sone-en-noun-b7Pu~Gna Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 12 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 12 entries: 41 11 5 6 5 4 8 9 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 9 4 5 4 3 7 7 7
  2. Obsolete spelling of son. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: son
    Sense id: en-sone-en-noun-rNStcPy2

Inflected forms

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