Etymology

sabin

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Today it 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. Full definition →

Latin Sabinus
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sabin · noun1

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

Sabin · proper noun2

  1. Latin · derived fromSabinus
  2. English todaySabin

* 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.

Words from the same roots

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