Meaning of sabin | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. 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.
3. A male given name.
4. A place in the United States:
5. A minor city in Clay County, Minnesota, named after Dwight M. Sabin.
6. A neighbourhood in north-east Portland, Oregon.
7. An unincorporated community in the town of Sylvan, Richland County, Wisconsin.

Examples

“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’.”

“Albert Sabin, medical researcher”

“Sabin Figaro, Final Fantasy character”

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