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Noun: sabin  sey-bin
  1. A unit of acoustic absorption equivalent to the absorption by a square foot of a surface that absorbs all incident sound
Noun: Sabin  sey-bin
  1. United States microbiologist (born in Poland) who developed the Sabin vaccine that is taken orally against poliomyelitis (1906-1993)
    - Albert Sabin, Albert Bruce Sabin

Derived forms: sabins

Type of: absorption unit, microbiologist

Encyclopedia: Sabin, Minnesota