1. Osnova, temelj; jezgro, suština, glavna stvar; dubina, pozadina (slike, pozornice); zadnje mesto u kolima.
2. ak. Jedinica za merenje glasa i šumova.
Unit of loudness of sound as heard by listeners
Unit of loudness, equal to the value in decibels of an equally loud tone with frequency 1,000 Hz. The higher the frequency, the louder a noise sounds for the same decibel value; thus an 80-decibel tone with a frequency of 20 Hz sounds as loud as 20 decibels at 1,000 Hz, and the phon value of both tones is 20. An aircraft engine has a loudness of around 140 phons.
A unit of subjective loudness.