Meaning & use
Sone
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A unit used to measure the perceived loudness of a sound, as experienced by human hearing.
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A sound rated at 2 sones is perceived as roughly twice as loud as one rated at 1 sone.
Bathroom exhaust fans are often rated in sones to indicate how noisy they'll sound in use.
A note on using this word
Unlike the decibel, which measures physical sound intensity, the sone scale is based specifically on human subjective perception of loudness.
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