sabin

Meaning

Noun

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.

Origin

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

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