A unit of loudness. A simple l-kHz tone, 40 dB above a listener's threshold, produces a loudness of 1 sone. The loudness of any sound that is judged by the listener to be n times that of the 1 sone tone is n sones.
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Sone --
A unit of loudness. A simple l-kHz tone, 40 dB above a listener's threshold, produces a loudness of 1 sone. The loudness of any sound that is judged by the listener to be n times that of the 1 sone tone is n sones.
