| NOUN | quantity | sound unit | any acoustic unit of measurement |
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| Meaning | Any acoustic unit of measurement. | |
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| Narrower | Bel, B | A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels |
| decibel, dB | A logarithmic unit of sound intensity / intensity | |
| phon | A unit of subjective loudness | |
| sone | A unit of perceived loudness equal to the loudness of a 1000-hertz tone at 40 dB above threshold | |
| Broader | unit of measurement, unit | Any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange |
| Spanish | unidad del sonido, unidad de sonido | |
| Catalan | unitat del so | |
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