sabin

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
9
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈseɪbɪn/(UK)

Definition of sabin

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

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.
    “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

  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.
    “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

  1. A surname.
    “Albert Sabin, medical researcher”
  2. A male given name.
    “Sabin Figaro, Final Fantasy character”
  3. A place in the United States:
  4. A place in the United States:
  5. A place in the United States:

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Etymology

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

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