WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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: Sabin, Albert Sabin, Albert Bruce
       Sabin]