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sabin¹

  • /ˈseɪbɪn/ UK

Where it comes from

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

noun sabins

  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’.

Sabin²

Where it comes from

* As an English and French surname, from a personal name derived from Latin Sabinus.

* As an Irish surname, from Ó Sabháin (“descendant of Sabhán”), from sabh (“cub”). Also found as Savage.

proper noun

  1. A surname. Albert Sabin, medical researcher
  2. A male given name. Sabin Figaro, Final Fantasy character
  3. A minor city in Clay County, Minnesota, named after Dwight M. Sabin.
  4. A neighbourhood in north-east Portland, Oregon.
  5. An unincorporated community in the town of Sylvan, Richland County, Wisconsin.

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"sabin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sabin. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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sabin. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sabin

Chicago

"sabin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sabin.

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@misc{sabin_2026,
  title = {sabin},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sabin},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}