Acoustics the unit for absorption of sound equal to the absorption provided by one square foot of a completely absorbing material
Sabin,
Albert B(ruce) 1906-93; U.S. physician & bacteriologist, born in Russia: developed an oral vaccine to prevent poliomyelitis
See sabin in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(sāˈbĭn)
noun
A unit of acoustic absorption equivalent to the absorption by one square foot of a surface that absorbs all incident sound.
(sāˈbĭn), Albert Bruce 1906-1993.
American microbiologist and physician who developed a live-virus vaccine against polio (1957), replacing the killed-virus vaccine invented by Jonas Salk.