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sabin

UK/ˈseɪbɪn/

sabin noun: 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.

Noun

sabin (plural sabins)

  1. (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.
    • Sabine gave his name to the sabin, the standard unit that is ‘equal to the sound absorption of a square foot of a perfectly absorbing surface such as an open window’.2012 Sep, Rupert Christiansen, “Quiet, Please”, in Literary Review

Proper noun capitalized: Sabin

Sabin

  1. A surname.
    • Albert Sabin, medical researcher
  2. A male given name.
    • Sabin Figaro, Final Fantasy character
  3. A minor city in Clay County, Minnesota, named after Dwight M. Sabin.
  4. A neighbourhood in north-east Portland, Oregon.
  5. An unincorporated community in the town of Sylvan, Richland County, Wisconsin.

Forms of sabin

pluralsabins

Origin of sabin

From Wallace Clement Sabine (1868-1919), US physicist.

* As an English and French surname, from a personal name derived from Latin Sabinus. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Sabháin (“descendant of Sabhán”), from sabh (“cub”). Also found as Savage.

Phrases with sabin

Questions about sabin

What does sabin mean?
Sabin means 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.
What part of speech is sabin?
Sabin can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce sabin?
Sabin is pronounced /ˈseɪbɪn/ (UK).
What is the plural of sabin?
The plural of sabin is sabins.

Words near sabin in the dictionary

  1. Sabik
  2. sabil
  3. Sabillon
  4. Sabillons
  5. sabils
  6. sabin
  7. Sabin vaccine
  8. Sabin vaccines
  9. Sabina
  10. sabinaite
  11. Sabinas brittle hair syndrome

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