sone (n.)

unit of loudness, 1936, from Latin sonus "sound," from PIE root *swen- "to sound."

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also swenə-, Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to sound."

It forms all or part of: assonance; consonant; dissonant; resound; sonant; sonata; sone; sonic; sonnet; sonogram; sonorous; sound (n.1) "noise, what is heard;" sound (v.1) "to be audible;" swan; unison.

It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Sanskrit svanati "it sounds," svanah "sound, tone;" Latin sonus "sound, a noise," sonare "to sound;" Old Irish senim "the playing of an instrument;" Old English geswin "music, song," swinsian "to sing;" Old Norse svanr, Old English swan "swan," properly "the sounding bird."

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sone (n.)

a unit of perceived loudness equal to the loudness of a 1000-hertz tone at 40 dB above threshold;

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