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- [fon]
- /fɒn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [fon]
- /fɒn/
Definitions of phon word
- noun phon a unit for measuring the apparent loudness of a sound, equal in number for a given sound to the intensity in decibels of a sound having a frequency of 1000 cycles per second when, in the judgment of a group of listeners, the two sounds are of equal loudness. 1
- noun phon a unit of loudness that measures the intensity of a sound by the number of decibels it is above a reference tone having a frequency of 1000 hertz and a root-mean-square sound pressure of 20 × 10–6 pascal 0
- abbreviation PHON phonetics 0
- abbreviation PHON phonology 0
- noun phon a measure of the apparent loudness level of a sound with respect to a 1,000-cycle-per-second pure tone: based on the subjective judgment of the human ear or on objective comparisons of acoustical measurements 0
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Origin of phon
First appearance:
before 1930 One of the 10% newest English words
First recorded in 1930-35, phon is from the Greek word phōnḗ voice
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Phon
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
phon popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
phon usage trend in Literature
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