Sonus
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[edit] History and Origin
Sonus is a Latin word which means "noise, sound" or "tone, character, style". It is also the root word for sonic and sound.
Therefore, it was an inspirational word for many well known companies and other words such as:
- Sony(from the combination of two words: sonus and sonny-boys, which is a Japanese slang for whiz kid.)
- Panasonic
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Sonic boom
and many others.
[edit] Other related topics
The name may also refer to the following:
- Sonus Networks, Inc. is a Softswitch manufacturer.
- SONUS is an online listening library of electroacoustic works.
- Sonus is a German psy trance band with a dry progressive style.
- Sonus is also the name of two classical music groups.
- Sonus is also the name of a Chicago based breakbeat/chillout/downtempo/triphop/hiphop producer. (www.djsonus.com)
- Sonus Pharmaceuticals
- Sonus is also the name of a Russian art-rock band.
- SONUS is the name of a miniature ultrasonic sensor from Baumer Ltd. ([1])
