Source : WordNet®

sabin
     n 1: a unit of acoustic absorption equivalent to the absorption
          by a square foot of a surface that absorbs all incident
          sound
     2: United States microbiologist (born in Poland) who developed
        the Sabin vaccine that is taken orally against
        poliomyelitis (born 1906) [syn: {Albert Sabin}, {Albert
        Bruce Sabin}]