sabin

Definition of Sabin in English :

Noun

1. sabin

a unit of acoustic absorption equivalent to the absorption by a square foot of a surface that absorbs all incident sound

2. albert bruce sabin, albert sabin, sabin

United States microbiologist (born in Poland) who developed the Sabin vaccine that is taken orally against poliomyelitis (born 1906)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

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physics

a unit of acoustic absorption equal to the absorption resulting from one square foot of a perfectly absorbing surface

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Albert Bruce. 1906–93, US microbiologist, born in Poland. He developed the Sabin vaccine (1955), taken orally to immunize against poliomyelitis

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Albert B(ruce)1906-93; U.S. physician & bacteriologist, born in Russia: developed an oral vaccine to prevent poliomyelitis

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Acoustics

the unit for absorption of sound equal to the absorption provided by one square foot of a completely absorbing material

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American anatomist noted for her work on the embryonic development of the lymphatic system and on the pathology of tuberculosis. She was the first woman elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

n.

A unit of acoustic absorption equivalent to the absorption by one square foot of a surface that absorbs all incident sound.

Polish-born American microbiologist and physician who developed a live-virus vaccine against poliomyelitis, publicly introduced in 1962.

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