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Meaning of "phon" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PHON

Via German from Greek phōnē sound, voice.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PHON

phon  [fɒn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PHON

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Phon is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PHON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Phon

The phon is a unit of loudness level for pure tones. Its purpose is to compensate for the effect of frequency on the perceived loudness of tones. The phon was proposed in DIN 45631 and ISO 532 B by S. S. Stevens.

Definition of phon in the English dictionary

The definition of phon in the dictionary is 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.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PHON

phon.
phonal
phonasthenia
phonate
phonathon
phonation
phonatory
phonautograph
phonautographic
phone
phone bill
phone book
phone booth
phone box
phone call
phone in
phone number
phone sex
phone tap

WORDS THAT END LIKE PHON

archon
cabochon
chon
colophon
Comrades Marathon
cornichon
gryphon
half-marathon
marathon
McMahon
Nihon
Phaethon
python
radiothon
siphon
syphon
telethon
the Comrades Marathon
thon
Typhon

Synonyms and antonyms of phon in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «phon» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PHON

Find out the translation of phon to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of phon from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «phon» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

phon
570 millions of speakers

English

phon
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

phon
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Phon
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fon
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Phon
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

phon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Phon
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

phon
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ホン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

전화 하나
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Phon
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phon
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

phon
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फोन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

fon
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

phon
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

fon
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Phon
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

phon
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

phon
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

foon
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

phon
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Phon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of phon

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PHON»

The term «phon» is quite widely used and occupies the 32.141 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of phon
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «phon».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PHON» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «phon» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «phon» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about phon

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHON»

Discover the use of phon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to phon and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Essentials of Audiology
3.8 Equal loudness-level or phon curves (based on values from ISO, 2003) and binaural free-field auditory threshold curve (based on values from ANSI, 2004 and ISO, 2005). Notice how the number of phons corresponds to the number of ...
Stanley A. Gelfand, 2011
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Records of the International Conference of States on the ...
Title — draft text (International Bureau of WIPO), PHON. 2/4: 161 — comments of Governments on the draft text: no special remarks — proposed changes in the draft text: Drafting Committee. PHON.2/30: 198 Main Commission. PHON.
Unesco, World Intellectual Property Organization, 1975
3
The Neurophysiological Bases of Auditory Perception
100 subject B 70 phon 80 phon 90phon 80 30 phon 40 phon 50 phon 60 phon 60 40 20 phon 20 10 phon Threshold 30 Hz 100 Hz 300 Hz 100 subject D 100 phon 90 phon 80 70 phon 80 phon 60 30 phon 40 phon 50 phon 60 phon 40 20  ...
Enrique Lopez-Poveda, Alan R. Palmer, Ray Meddis, 2010
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Dictionary of Wa (2 vols): With Translations into English, ...
kai: meue: ling:, phon: nyaox [≈] [phon: + Hawx 钙镁磷] phon: kawg [poun gōg] / phon kɔk/ n. <KAUNG:> တငကတမခမဩဇ 厩肥,圈肥 jiùféi,juànféi farmyard manure phon: klai [poun glāi] /phon klai/ n. <KAUNG:> သစရကဆမဩဇ 绿肥 lǜ féi compost ...
Justin Watkins, 2013
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Psychoacoustics: Facts and Models
The loudness function is normally given for the 1-kHz tone. However, it can also be plotted for other frequencies using equal-loudness contours. Because loudness level measured in phon corresponds to the sound pressure level of the equally ...
Hugo Fastl, Eberhard Zwicker, 2007
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Bibliografia Po Kvantitativnoi Linguistike:
Silbenfrequenz : phon; Silbenlänge : phon; Metrik : text Freie SW: Ovid ; Lucian ; Sidoine Apollinaire ; late fran BQL-Nr.: 0005557 1728 LlEPA, E.: Vokālisma un zilbju kvantitäte latviešu literārajā valodä Riga, 1979 Desk.: phon Freie SW: lett lett ...
Reinhard Köhler, Christiane Hoffmann, 1995
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Natural Language Parsing and Linguistic Theories
U. Reyle, Christian Rohrer. jdictfkoto, [phon=koto ...
U. Reyle, Christian Rohrer, 1988
8
Musimathics: The Mathematical Foundations of Music
Ordinarily, the phon scale is evaluated at 10 phon increments from 0 to 120 phons. An approximation to this set of curves is shown in figure 6.9. It shows the contours of equal loudness for sinusoids that were first established experimentally by ...
Gareth Loy, 2011
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The Least You Should Know about Vocabulary Building: Word Roots
Any word containing PHON always has something to do with sound. A symphony [SYM together + PHON sound] is literally sounds together, presumably pleasant sounds. If a sound is harsh or unpleasant, it is called cacophony [CACO bad + ...
Carol Friend, Laura Knight, Teresa Glazier, 2011
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The Noise Manual
sound-level meter does approximate these adjustments (the 40-phon curve, see Chapter 2), so that when the sound-level meter is set at “A weighting,” the reading on the meter, in dBA, will indicate the overall loudness level of the weak sound ...
Elliott H. Berger, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term phon is used in the context of the following news items.
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FIFA secretary general Valcke expects to leave with Blatter
NEW DELHI (AP) — Omkarnath spends his days searching New Delhi for drugs. A call to the phon… Chris Brown gets clearance, prepares to ... «Bristol Herald Courier, Jul 15»
2
Turkish jets strike several Islamic State targets in Syria
NEW DELHI (AP) — Omkarnath spends his days searching New Delhi for drugs. A call to the phon… Chris Brown gets clearance, prepares to ... «Bristol Herald Courier, Jul 15»
3
AP PHOTOS: San Fermin, a fiesta of bull runs and revelry
NEW DELHI (AP) — Omkarnath spends his days searching New Delhi for drugs. A call to the phon… Chris Brown gets clearance, prepares to ... «Bristol Herald Courier, Jul 15»
4
The Latest: Father of witness talks about theater shooting
NEW DELHI (AP) — Omkarnath spends his days searching New Delhi for drugs. A call to the phon… Chris Brown gets clearance, prepares to ... «Bristol Herald Courier, Jul 15»
5
10 Things to Know for Today
NEW DELHI (AP) — Omkarnath spends his days searching New Delhi for drugs. A call to the phon… Chris Brown gets clearance, prepares to ... «Bristol Herald Courier, Jul 15»
6
Another Reason For Collectors To Be Cautious When Calling …
To the extent Respondent has multiple addresses or phone numbers for the consumer, Respondent must ensure that any calls made to the ... «InsideARM, Jul 15»
7
China manufacturing slumps to 15-month low
NEW DELHI (AP) — Omkarnath spends his days searching New Delhi for drugs. A call to the phon… Chris Brown gets clearance, prepares to ... «Bristol Herald Courier, Jul 15»
8
For Disabled, Few Opportunities and Little Sympathy
Phon Treng, 45, lost his left leg in combat in Cambodia's civil war, and is forced to beg for a living. The father of two spends 12 hours a day near ... «VOA Khmer, Jul 15»
9
Man assaulted and robbed in Newport News hotel room
The victim said he opened the door and allowed the female to use the phone. The victim then heard another knock and opened the door. «13newsnow.com, Jul 15»
10
Oakland: Key witness in gang shooting trial refuses to testify
Aaron Kheav, 23, was expected to be the prosecution's star witness in the trial of Phon Mey, 31, Scott Moeun, 23, Saun Oeurn, 31, and Danny ... «San Jose Mercury News, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Phon [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/phon>. May 2024 ».
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