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Definitions for Phon

[1] 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.
[2] phonetics.
[3] variant of phono- before a vowel: phonic.
[4] 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
[5] Also: phonet phonetics
[6] phonology

Words nearby Phon

phoenixville, phokomelia, pholidota, pholus, phomvihane, phon, phon-, phon., phonal, phonasthenia, phonate

Origin of Phon

First recorded in 1930–35, phon is from the Greek word phōnḗ voice

Word origin for Phon

C20: via German from Greek phōnē sound, voice