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• sabin
  sabin

  noun

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

  noun

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

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

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Sabin

Columbia Law School’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law found that by the end of 2024, at least 450 counties had adopted restrictions on it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

The family took the name Sabin and settled in Paterson, N.J., where Abram, now called Albert, became an accomplished high-school student.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

As Sabin remarked in a 1959 interview with Pravda, “the live vaccine was born in the U.S., but baptized in the U.S.S.R.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

In support of the state, Heath and his sister are represented in a friend-of-the-court brief filed by a legal team affiliated with the Sabin Center, along with local attorneys.

From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2026

Though they are far more experienced, army surgeon Dr. Charles Sabin Taft and Dr. Albert King defer to their younger colleague because Dr. Leale was first on the scene.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly