sabin
Physics. a unit of sound absorption, equal to one square foot (929 square centimeters) of a perfectly absorptive surface.
Origin of sabin
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Other definitions for Sabin (2 of 2)
Albert Bruce, 1906–93, U.S. physician, born in Poland: developed Sabin vaccine.
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How to use sabin in a sentence
sabin’s approach was to weaken the poliovirus by making it replicate in nonhuman cells.
Epidemics have happened before and they’ll happen again. What will we remember? | Aimee Cunningham | October 27, 2021 | Science NewsOften delivered on a sugar cube, sabin’s easily digested vaccine was the inspiration for the song “A Spoonful of Sugar” in the movie Mary Poppins.
Epidemics have happened before and they’ll happen again. What will we remember? | Aimee Cunningham | October 27, 2021 | Science NewsThe search might be quixotic, but sabin would regret not tilting at these windmills.
The 50-year-old problem that eludes theoretical computer science | Siobhan Roberts | October 27, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewThe impact of the collaboration between sabin and Chumakov extended well beyond the borders of Eastern and Central Europe.
The U.S. and Russia could join forces to get people vaccinated. They did before. | Yana Demeshko, Ruth Gabor, Ivan Grek, Kristen Ho | September 1, 2021 | Washington PostA decade later, when sabin made the altruistic decision to donate his strains to the World Health Organization, global access to the vaccine increased considerably.
The U.S. and Russia could join forces to get people vaccinated. They did before. | Yana Demeshko, Ruth Gabor, Ivan Grek, Kristen Ho | September 1, 2021 | Washington Post
“We follow the Geneva Convention, just like any country,” said sabin Hadad, spokesperson for the Israeli Interior Ministry.
(The sabin versus Salk debate is one of the great arguments in modern medical history and will not be recapitulated here).
U.N. Calls Middle East Polio Outbreak ‘Greatest Polio Challenge in History’ | Kent Sepkowitz | April 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMr. sabin smiled a curious smile, and lit a cigarette from the open box before him.
Mysterious Mr. Sabin | E. Phillips Oppenheim“A fairly well hit ball, I think, Dumayne,” Mr. sabin remarked.
Mysterious Mr. Sabin | E. Phillips OppenheimMr. sabin was on the point of asking another question, but Wolfenden interrupted him.
Mysterious Mr. Sabin | E. Phillips OppenheimMr. sabin had thrown several balls upon the green, and was practising long putts.
Mysterious Mr. Sabin | E. Phillips OppenheimHe has ceased now, I suppose,” Mr. sabin remarked, “to take much interest in the matter?
Mysterious Mr. Sabin | E. Phillips Oppenheim
British Dictionary definitions for sabin (1 of 2)
/ (ˈsæbɪn, ˈseɪ-) /
physics a unit of acoustic absorption equal to the absorption resulting from one square foot of a perfectly absorbing surface
Origin of sabin
1British Dictionary definitions for Sabin (2 of 2)
/ (ˈseɪbɪn) /
Albert Bruce. 1906–93, US microbiologist, born in Poland. He developed the Sabin vaccine (1955), taken orally to immunize against poliomyelitis
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Scientific definitions for sabin (1 of 2)
[ sā′bĭn ]
A unit of acoustic absorption such that one square meter of material of one sabin absorbs 100 percent of the sound energy that strikes it.
Scientific definitions for Sabin (2 of 2)
American microbiologist and physician who developed a vaccine against polio that contained an active form of the polio virus (1957). This replaced a less effective vaccine, invented by Jonas Salk, that contained an inactivated form of the virus.
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