Sabin

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈseɪbɪn/

Origin

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

Full definition of sabin

Noun

1. (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’.

Anagrams

• basin