sabin (n.)

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

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

    [ Syn: sabin , albert sabin , albert bruce sabin ]

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