phon

See also: Phon, PHON, and phon-

English

Noun

phon (plural phons)

(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.

Translations

unit of apparent loudness

Czech: fón (cs) m
Finnish: fooni (fi), foni (fi)
French: phone (fr) m
German: Phon (de) n
Japanese: ホン (ja) (hon), ホーン
Polish: fon (pl) m
Romanian: fon (ro) m

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɔn/
Rhymes: -ɔn

Noun

phon m (invariable)

(acoustics) phon
Proscribed spelling of fon

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