phon
phon noun: a unit of apparent loudness, equal in number to the intensity in decibels of a 1,000-hertz tone judged to be as loud as the sound being measured.
Noun
phon (plural phons)
Proper noun capitalized: PHON
PHON
- Initialism of Pauline Hanson's One Nation.
Forms of phon
| plural | phons |
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Words that rhyme with phon
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- foregone
- mon
- qanon
- scone
- swan
- thereupon
- tick on
- wan
- a ton
- chignon
- con
- electron
- got it going on
- jupon
- ron
- soupçon
- thereon
- Toulon
- whereupon
- Yonne
- -hon
- -plon
- agone
- begone
- bent on
- build on
- build upon
- c'mon
- catch oneself on
- chron
- cock on
- Comecon
- conn
- cop oneself on
- Gabon
- garçon
- hither and yon
- hon
- macron
- microraion
- mont
- Perpignan
- pon
- raion
- shone
- sine qua non
- sine quibus non
- Sir John
Questions about phon
- What does phon mean?
- Phon means a unit of apparent loudness, equal in number to the intensity in decibels of a 1,000-hertz tone judged to be as loud as the sound being measured.
- What part of speech is phon?
- Phon can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of phon?
- The plural of phon is phons.
Words near phon in the dictionary
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