sabin

sa·bin

 (sā′bĭn)

n.

A unit of acoustic absorption equivalent to the absorption by one square foot of a surface that absorbs all incident sound.

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[After Wallace Clement Ware Sabine (1868-1919), American physicist.]

sabin

(ˈsæbɪn; ˈseɪ-)

n

(General Physics) physics a unit of acoustic absorption equal to the absorption resulting from one square foot of a perfectly absorbing surface

[C20: introduced by Wallace C. Sabine (1868–1919), US physicist]

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Sabin

(ˈseɪbɪn)

n

(Biography) Albert Bruce. 1906–93, US microbiologist, born in Poland. He developed the Sabin vaccine (1955), taken orally to immunize against poliomyelitis

sa•bin

(ˈseɪ bɪn)

n.

a unit of sound absorption, equal to the absorption of one square foot (929 square centimeters) of a perfectly absorptive surface.

[1930–35; after W.C. Sabine (1868–1919), U.S. physicist]

Sa•bin

(ˈseɪ bɪn)

n.

Albert Bruce, 1906–93, U.S. physician, born in Russia: developed the Sabin vaccine.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sabin - a unit of acoustic absorption equivalent to the absorption by a square foot of a surface that absorbs all incident sound absorption unit - a unit for measuring absorption
	2.	Sabin - United States microbiologist (born in Poland) who developed the Sabin vaccine that is taken orally against poliomyelitis (born 1906) Albert Bruce Sabin, Albert Sabin