sabin

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UK/ˈseɪbɪn/

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.

“Albert Sabin, medical researcher”

OriginLatin Sabinus →
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Meanings

sabin1

nounsabin (plural sabins)

plural sabins

  1. acousticsA 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

Sabin2

proper noun
  1. A surname.

    Albert Sabin, medical researcher

  2. A male given name.

    Sabin Figaro, Final Fantasy character

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

Origin

sabin · noun

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

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Sabin · proper noun

  1. LatinSabinus
  2. EnglishSabin

* 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.

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APA

sabin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sabin

MLA

“sabin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sabin. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sabin,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sabin.

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