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phon::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | sound unit |
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The unit of measurement for loudness levels is the phon, and is arrived at by reference to equal-loudness contours.
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Phon Hong, the local market town, is 30km away, so it is worth knowing the price of rice before you set off to sell some there.
From the economist.com
Phon heads the Myanmar Democratic Alliance, a local militia group that has had a long-term cease-fire agreement with the Burmese military.
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- A unit of subjective loudness
- The phon was proposed in DIN 45631 and ISO 532 B as a unit of perceived loudness level LN for pure tones by S. S. Stevens.
- 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
- Loudness contours. A subjective impression of equal loudness by listeners as a function of frequency and sound level (dB). An increase in low frequency sound will be perceived as being much louder than an equivalent high frequency increase.
- A unit measurement of perceived sound or loudness. 1 Phon is equal to 1 dBSPL at a frequency of 1000 Hz.
- Scientific unit of measure for sound loudness.
- The unit of loudness level of a tone.
- A logarithmic measure of sound loudness closely related to the decibel. Decibels are used for objective measurements, that is, they measure the actual pressure of the sound waves as recorded using a microphone. ...
- The unit of subjective sound level. Defined such that the sound level in phones equals the level in SPL for a 1000 Hz tone. ...
