Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sabin

2 senses of sabin

Sense 1
sabin -- (a unit of acoustic absorption equivalent to the absorption by a square foot of a surface that absorbs all incident sound)
       => absorption unit -- (a unit for measuring absorption)

Sense 2
Sabin, Albert Sabin, Albert Bruce Sabin -- (United States microbiologist (born in Poland) who developed the Sabin vaccine that is taken orally against poliomyelitis (born 1906))
       INSTANCE OF=> microbiologist -- (a specialist in microbiology)