Sabin

  1. Proper noun.  (surname) .
  2. Noun.  (sciences) A unit of measurement, in the International System of Units (SI), 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.

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