sabin
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 5
/ˈseɪbɪn/(UK)
Definition of sabin
6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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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.
“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’.”
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noun
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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.
“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’.”
name
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A surname.
“Albert Sabin, medical researcher”
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A male given name.
“Sabin Figaro, Final Fantasy character”
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Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Wallace Clement Sabine (1868-1919), US physicist.
Words you can make from sabin
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