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SABIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States microbiologist (born in Poland) who developed the Sabin vaccine that is taken orally against poliomyelitis (born 1906)
Synonyms:
Albert Bruce Sabin; Albert Sabin; Sabin
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
microbiologist (a specialist in microbiology)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A unit of acoustic absorption equivalent to the absorption by a square foot of a surface that absorbs all incident sound
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("sabin" is a kind of...):
absorption unit (a unit for measuring absorption)
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