sone

[ sohn ]

noun

1. a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1,000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.

sone

/ səʊn /

noun

1. a subjective unit of loudness equal to that experienced by a normal person hearing a 1 kHz tone at 40 dB

Word History and Origins

Origin of sone¹

First recorded in 1945–50; from Latin sonus; sound ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of sone¹

C20: from Latin sonus a sound

Example Sentences

Or read: 'That mad her to slepe sone'; without elision of e in made (Koch).

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In the Proverbs of Hendyng, it is: 'Sottes bolt is sone shote,' l. 85.

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Irn li stille gedere sone rust weater e ne sture nawt; readliche stinke.

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Will, ye sone of will birke of this hamlett, by Mr. Herring.

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Bot quhat is the pryde of a proud haultane man worth, quhen he can nocht remembre of the poyntis that God may sone lawe him with?

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