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’.

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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
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