phon

See also: Phon, PHON, and phon-

English

Noun

phon (plural phons)

1. (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)

1. (acoustics) phon
2. Proscribed spelling of fon