sabin
See also: Sabin
English
Etymology
From Wallace Clement Sabine (1868-1919), US physicist.
Pronunciation
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Noun
sabin (plural sabins)
- (acoustics) 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.
- 2012, Rupert Christiansen, ‘Quiet, Please’, Literary Review, Sep 2012:
- 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’.
- 2012, Rupert Christiansen, ‘Quiet, Please’, Literary Review, Sep 2012:
Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin Sabini or French Sabins.
Adjective
sabin m or n (feminine singular sabină, masculine plural sabini, feminine and neuter plural sabine)
Declension
Declension of sabin
Noun
sabin m (plural sabini)
Declension
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