sone
/səʊn
/noun
A unit of subjective loudness, equal to 40 phons.Technically, one sone equals a 1-khz tone at 40 dB SPL (Sound Pressure Level)....
- At the quieter end of the spectrum, you'll find ones rated at a much quieter 2.5 sones, and the price goes up to about $100.
Origin
1930s: from Latin sonus 'a sound'.
Rhymes
- pot-et-fleur
- pot-eye
- pot fair
- pot fisherman
- pot-founder
- potful
- pot furnace
- pot garden
- pot-girl
- pot green
- pot-gut
- subs bench
- subs' bench
- subscapular
- subscapular artery
- subscapular fossa
- subscapularis
- subscapulary
- subscribable
- subscribe
- subscribeable
- subscriber
- subscribership
- subscriber trunk dialling
- subscript