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whats a bloody sone?

Author
15 Feb 2005 7:14 PM
Christo
been looking at some coolers, noise levels are 1.0 sone and 0.4 sone

these are really quiet apparantly

so in relation to dB whats a bloody sone?

anyone

i will thank you :-)

Author
15 Feb 2005 7:39 PM
Dee
Christo wrote:

> been looking at some coolers, noise levels are 1.0 sone and 0.4 sone
>
> these are really quiet apparantly
>
> so in relation to dB whats a bloody sone?
>
> anyone
>
> i will thank you :-)
>
>
http://www.bartleby.com/61/6/S0560600.html

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition.  2000.

sone

PRONUNCIATION:      sn
NOUN:    A subjective unit of loudness, as perceived by a person with
normal hearing, equal to the loudness of a pure tone having a frequency
of 1,000 hertz at 40 decibels.
ETYMOLOGY:    Latin sonus, a sound. See swen- in Appendix I.
Author
15 Feb 2005 10:08 PM
Christo
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"Dee" <d**@home.net> wrote in message
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> Christo wrote:
>
>> been looking at some coolers, noise levels are 1.0 sone and 0.4 sone
>>
>> these are really quiet apparantly
>>
>> so in relation to dB whats a bloody sone?
>>
>> anyone
>>
>> i will thank you :-)
> http://www.bartleby.com/61/6/S0560600.html
>
> The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.
> 2000.
>
> sone
>
> PRONUNCIATION:   sn
> NOUN: A subjective unit of loudness, as perceived by a person with normal
> hearing, equal to the loudness of a pure tone having a frequency of 1,000
> hertz at 40 decibels.
> ETYMOLOGY: Latin sonus, a sound. See swen- in Appendix I.
>

Thanks :)
Author
15 Feb 2005 10:47 PM
Ken
Dee wrote:
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> Christo wrote:
>
>> been looking at some coolers, noise levels are 1.0 sone and 0.4 sone
>>
>> these are really quiet apparantly
>>
>> so in relation to dB whats a bloody sone?
>>
>> anyone
>>
>> i will thank you :-)
>>
> http://www.bartleby.com/61/6/S0560600.html
>
> The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
> Edition.  2000.
>
> sone
>
> PRONUNCIATION:      sn
> NOUN:    A subjective unit of loudness, as perceived by a person with
> normal hearing, equal to the loudness of a pure tone having a frequency
> of 1,000 hertz at 40 decibels.
> ETYMOLOGY:    Latin sonus, a sound. See swen- in Appendix I.
>
    Who says the Internet is not educational???  I learned a NEW word!!!
Author
16 Feb 2005 4:49 AM
Mark Ingram
> whats a bloody sone?


same as a regular sone with blood on it?


somebody had to say it