sabin
[sey-bin]
- Physics. a unit of sound absorption, equal to one square foot (929 square centimeters) of a perfectly absorptive surface.
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Origin of sabin
First recorded in 1930–35; named after W. C. Sabine
Sabin
[sey-bin]
- Albert Bruce,1906–93, U.S. physician, born in Poland: developed Sabin vaccine.
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Contemporary Examples
“We follow the Geneva Convention, just like any country,” said Sabin Hadad, spokesperson for the Israeli Interior Ministry.
(The Sabin versus Salk debate is one of the great arguments in modern medical history and will not be recapitulated here).
U.N. Calls Middle East Polio Outbreak ‘Greatest Polio Challenge in History’Kent Sepkowitz
April 9, 2014
Historical Examples
The proportions were by barrels of cement to barrels of sand, and Sabin called a 380-lb.
Concrete ConstructionHalbert P. Gillette
It will be seen that the cement used by Sabin yielded 3.65 cu.
Concrete ConstructionHalbert P. Gillette
Sabin is obviously not much interested in British biobibliographies.
A History of Bibliographies of BibliographiesArcher Taylor
The text here given is taken from his work (Sabin's Edition, 1865).
Do you notice anything unusual in the crowd this morning, Judge Sabin?
The RangersD. P. Thompson
sabin
- physics a unit of acoustic absorption equal to the absorption resulting from one square foot of a perfectly absorbing surface
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Word Origin
C20: introduced by Wallace C. Sabine (1868–1919), US physicist
Sabin
- 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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Word Origin and History for sabin
Sabin
in reference to polio vaccine, 1955, from name of Russian-born U.S. microbiologist Albert B. Sabin (1906-1993).
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Sabin
(sā′bĭn)Albert Bruce 1906-1993- American microbiologist and physician who developed a live-virus vaccine against polio (1957), replacing the killed-virus vaccine invented by Jonas Salk.
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Sabin
Florence Rena 1871-1953- American pioneer anatomist noted for her investigations of the lymphatic system. She was the first woman elected to the National Academy of Sciences (1925).
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sabin
[sā′bĭn]
- 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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Sabin
- 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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