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Definition of Sabin

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

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

Definition of Sabin

1. Proper noun. (surname) ¹

2. Noun. (sciences) A unit of measurement, in the International System of Units (SI), 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. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sabin

1. a unit of sound absorption [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sabin

Sabbatism Sabbatist Sabbats Sabbatum Sabber-day Sabean Sabeism Sabella Sabellian Sabellianism

Sabellians Sabellic Sabian Sabianism Sabians Sabin Sabin-Feldman dye test Sabin vaccine Sabin vaccines Sabina

Sabine Sabine's gull Sabine River Sabinea Sabinea carinalis Sabines Sabinian Sabinianist Sabir Sabora

Literary usage of Sabin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Narrative and Critical History of America by Justin Winsor (1889)
"sabin, vol. xii. no. 51396. 1 The title of the 1554 edition as shown in the ... It is usually priced at about $20 ; the copies are commonly worn (sabin, ..."

2. The Weekly Reporter by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, Great Britain. Privy Council, Great Britain. Supreme Court of Judicature (1893)
"sabin. Xbw it appears to me to be clear, if sabin, being owner in fee, had created the term of ninety-nine years in favour of a third person, reserving to ..."

3. Catalogue of the Library Belonging to Mr. Thomas W. Field by Thomas Warren Field (1875)
"New York, 1860 2040 sabin. A List of the Printed Editions of the Works of Fray Bartholomé ... 2041 sabin. Catalogue of the Entire Library of Andrew Wight. ..."

4. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1909)
"Sii: (Viz') James sabin & John sabin & Leu*: ... Sifter of the whole Blood, and Mary sabin. and Sarah sabin, fécond & Third Sifters to the Decd : for ..."

5. Cements, Limes, and Plasters: Their Materials, Manufacture, and Properties by Edwin Clarence Eckel (1922)
"(sabin.) From this table it will be seen that the maximum retardation of ... sabin also tested t the effects of plaster on the tensile strength of both neat ..."

6. History of Iowa from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth by Benjamin F. Gue (1903)
"HENRY sabin, educator, was born at Pomfret, Connecticut, ... Coming to Iowa in 1871 Mr. sabin located at Clinton and has been engaged in educational work ..."

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