sone
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.
Origin of sone
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How to use sone in a sentence
You are to have a special care that the old fox and his sones do not escape your hands.
The Jacobite Rebellions (1689-1746) | James Pringle ThomsonThey had "nyne sones and seaven daughters," who are represented in perspective on the wooden panel against the wall.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] | H. J. L. J. MassIn this yere was a fray mad in Estchepe, be the kynges sones Thomas and John, with men of the town.
A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 | AnonymousMatateco Dio mispiales Sres principales sones, mudanzas, velancicos necana y paltechua sesule Gegence.
The Gegence; A Comedy Ballet in the Nahuatl-Spanish Dialect of Nicaragua | Daniel G. BrintonPues Don Ambrosio asamatimaguas semo verdad sones (se) paguala motalce Gegence quichua contar gil hombre rico.
The Gegence; A Comedy Ballet in the Nahuatl-Spanish Dialect of Nicaragua | Daniel G. Brinton
British Dictionary definitions for sone
/ (səʊn) /
a subjective unit of loudness equal to that experienced by a normal person hearing a 1 kHz tone at 40 dB
Origin of sone
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