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sabin

sa·bin
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sey-bin]
    • /ˈseɪ bɪn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sey-bin]
    • /ˈseɪ bɪn/

Definitions of sabin word

  • noun sabin Albert Bruce, 1906–93, U.S. physician, born in Poland: developed Sabin vaccine. 1
  • noun sabin a unit of acoustic absorption equal to the absorption resulting from one square foot of a perfectly absorbing surface 0
  • noun sabin Albert Bruce. 1906–93, US microbiologist, born in Poland. He developed the Sabin vaccine (1955), taken orally to immunize against poliomyelitis 0
  • noun sabin Albert B(ruce)1906-93; U.S. physician & bacteriologist, born in Russia: developed an oral vaccine to prevent poliomyelitis 0
  • noun sabin the unit for absorption of sound equal to the absorption provided by one square foot of a completely absorbing material 0

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Origin of sabin

First appearance:

before 1930
One of the 10% newest English words
First recorded in 1930-35; named after W. C. Sabine

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Parts of speech for Sabin

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

sabin popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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