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loudness

11.03  loudness. That attribute of auditory sensation in terms of which sounds may be ordered on a scale extending from soft to loud. Unit, sone.

Annotation              Loudness depends primarily upon the sound pressure although it also depends upon the frequency, waveform, and duration of the sound.

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