What is "sonus"

Sonus is a Latin word that means “noise, sound” or “tone, character, style.” It is also the root word for sonic and sound and was included in the names of well-known companies, including Sonus Networks, Sony and Panasonic, among others.

The name may also refer to:

• Sonus Networks, a technology and telecommunications equipment company headquartered in Massachusetts.
• SONUS, the online jukebox of electroacoustic works maintained by the Canadian Electroacoustic Community
• Sonus, a popular line of electric bass guitars produced by Zon Guitars
• Sonar, an underwater device which emits a ping and is used in submarine warfare.

Sonus: Journal of Investigation Into Global Musical Possibilities is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers musicology, music education, composition, theory, journalism, ethnomusicology, and other areas of the music and performing arts. It was co-founded in the fall of 1980 by American composer and music theorist Pozzi (Olga) Escot, who, since then, has been its editor-in-chief.