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sabin
sabin [ sáybin ] (plural sabins)


noun 
Definition:
 
unit of sound absorption: a unit of sound absorption equal to the absorption of one square foot of a perfectly absorbing surface
[Mid-20th century. After Wallace Clement Ware Sabine (1868-1919), US physicist]
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