English Explanatory Dictionary

sabin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˈseɪbɪn/

Word forms

sabin sabins

Etymology

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

Related words

Sabey
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