SABIN

Sabin, Albert Sabin, Albert Bruce Sabin

(noun) United States microbiologist (born in Poland) who developed the Sabin vaccine that is taken orally against poliomyelitis (born 1906)

sabin

(noun) a unit of acoustic absorption equivalent to the absorption by a square foot of a surface that absorbs all incident sound

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Sabin

A surname.

A male given name

Anagrams

• Bains, Basin, Bians, IBANs, Ibans, Nabis, bains, basin, nabis, naibs, nisab, nisba

Etymology

Noun

sabin (plural sabins)

(acoustics) A unit of measurement that measures a material's absorbance of sound. A material that is 1 square meter in size that can absorb 100% of sound has a value of one metric sabin.

Anagrams

• Bains, Basin, Bians, IBANs, Ibans, Nabis, bains, basin, nabis, naibs, nisab, nisba

Source: Wiktionary



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