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| Physics. a unit of sound absorption, equal to one square foot (929 square centimeters) of a perfectly absorptive surface. |
[sey-bin] | Albert Bruce, 1906–93, U.S. physician, born in Poland: developed Sabin vaccine. |
| sa·bin (sā'bĭn) n. A unit of acoustic absorption equivalent to the absorption by one square foot of a surface that absorbs all incident sound. [After Wallace Clement Ware Sabine (1868-1919), American physicist.] |
| Sa·bin (sā'bĭn) American microbiologist and physician who developed a live-virus vaccine against polio (1957), replacing the killed-virus vaccine invented by Jonas Salk. |
Sabin Sa·bin (sā'bĭn), 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.
Sabin , Florence Rena. 1871-1953.
American pioneer anatomist noted for her investigations of the lymphatic system. She was the first woman elected to the National Academy of Sciences (1925).
| sabin (sā'bĭn) Pronunciation Key
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. |
| Sabin, Albert Bruce 1906-1993.
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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