sabin

See also: Sabin

English

Etymology

From Wallace Clement Sabine (1868-1919), US physicist.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈseɪbɪn/

Noun

sabin (plural sabins)

1. (acoustics) A unit of measurement 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.
   • 2012 Sep, Rupert Christiansen, “Quiet, Please”, in Literary Review:

     Sabine gave his name to the sabin, the standard unit that is ‘equal to the sound absorption of a square foot of a perfectly absorbing surface such as an open window’.

Anagrams

• Bains, Basin, Bians, IBANs, Ibans, Nabis, bains, basin, nabis, naibs, nisab, nisba

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Sabini or French Sabins.

Adjective

sabin m or n (feminine singular sabină, masculine plural sabini, feminine and neuter plural sabine)

1. Sabinian

Declension

Declension of sabin

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	sabin		sabină	sabini	sabine
	definite	sabinul		sabina	sabinii	sabinele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	sabin		sabine	sabini	sabine
	definite	sabinului		sabinei	sabinilor	sabinelor

Noun

sabin m (plural sabini)

1. Sabine

Declension

Declension of sabin

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) sabin	sabinul	(niște) sabini	sabinii
genitive/dative	(unui) sabin	sabinului	(unor) sabini	sabinilor
vocative	sabinule		sabinilor