sabin

¹ American  

[sey-bin] / ˈseɪ bɪn /

noun

1. Physics.  a unit of sound absorption, equal to one square foot (929 square centimeters) of a perfectly absorptive surface.

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Sabin ² American  

[sey-bin] / ˈseɪ bɪn /

noun

1. Albert Bruce, 1906–93, U.S. physician, born in Poland: developed Sabin vaccine.

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Sabin ¹ British  

/ ˈseɪbɪn /

noun

1. Albert Bruce. 1906–93, US microbiologist, born in Poland. He developed the Sabin vaccine (1955), taken orally to immunize against poliomyelitis

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sabin ² British  

/ ˈseɪ-, ˈsæbɪn /

noun

1. physics a unit of acoustic absorption equal to the absorption resulting from one square foot of a perfectly absorbing surface

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Sabin ¹ Scientific  

1. American microbiologist and physician who developed a vaccine against polio that contained an active form of the polio virus (1957). This replaced a less effective vaccine, invented by Jonas Salk, that contained an inactivated form of the virus.

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sabin ² Scientific  

/ sā′bĭn /

1. A unit of acoustic absorption such that one square meter of material of one sabin absorbs 100 percent of the sound energy that strikes it.

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Etymology

Origin of sabin

First recorded in 1930–35; named after W. C. Sabine

Example Sentences

Carter’s environmental dedication also played into his famously chilly relationship with congressional Democrats—as historian and Public Citizens author Paul Sabin put it to me, “The Democratic Party in the 1970s was a more complex political coalition than it is today.”

From Slate

“Carter had ambitions to overhaul energy policy in a broad, long-term way but was caught up in short-term challenges and responses to those political pressures,” said Sabin.

From Slate

It was a “flexible” approach to regulation, as Sabin characterized it to me.

From Slate

Joining Jones and Murach as co-authors on the paper from the U of A are Sabin Khadgi, a research technician for muscle physiology; PJ Koopmans, a Ph.D. candidate; Toby Chambers, a post-doctoral scholar; Francielly Morena, a recent U of A Ph.D. graduate; and Nicholas Greene, a professor and director of the Exercise Science Research Center.

From Science Daily

While no vaccines against Marburg have been approved, Rwanda has begun trials with supplies sent from Sabin Institute, a US-based non-profit organisation.

From BBC