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Sabin

Definitions: Sabin

Sabin

Noun

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).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "sabin" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references)



Specialty Definitions: Sabin

DomainDefinitions

Health

The unit of acoustic absorption. One Sabin is 1 sq. foot of perfect sound-absorbing material. (references)

Medicine

The unit of acoustic absorption. One Sabin is 1 sq. /foot of perfect sound-absorbing material. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Sabin, Minnesota

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Sabin is a city located in Clay County, Minnesota. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 421.

Geography


According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.8 km² (0.3 mi²). 0.8 km² (0.3 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 421 people, 152 households, and 117 families residing in the city. The population density is 541.8/km² (1,390.5/mi²). There are 158 housing units at an average density of 203.3/km² (521.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 98.10% White, 0.24% African American, 0.48% Native American, 0.24% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.71% from other races, and 0.24% from two or more races. 0.95% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 152 households out of which 46.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.1% are married couples living together, 5.9% have a female householder with no husband present, and 22.4% are non-families. 15.8% of all households are made up of individuals and 3.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.77 and the average family size is 3.15. In the city the population is spread out with 29.2% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 38.0% from 25 to 44, 18.8% from 45 to 64, and 6.9% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 32 years. For every 100 females there are 106.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 112.9 males. The median income for a household in the city is $43,523, and the median income for a family is $51,250. Males have a median income of $31,838 versus $19,886 for females. The per capita income for the city is $15,776. 6.4% of the population and 2.7% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 4.7% are under the age of 18 and 0.0% are 65 or older.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Sabin, Minnesota."

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Synonyms: Sabin

Synonyms: Albert Bruce Sabin (n), Albert Sabin (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Sabin

English words defined with "sabin": Albert Bruce Sabin, Albert SabinSabin vaccine. (references)
Specialty definitions using "sabin": 56580SYSKEY. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Sabin

DomainTitle

Books

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Sabin

"Sabin" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Sabin" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)100%8124,375

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Sabin

The following table summarizes the usage of "sabin" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
SabinLast name2,0005,432
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Cities: Sabin


1. Sabin, MN (city, FIPS 56554)
Location: 46.78046 N, 96.65291 W
Population (1990): 495 (168 housing units)
Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 56580
Country: USA

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Expressions: Sabin

Expressions using "sabin": Albert Bruce Sabin Albert Sabin Sabin vaccine. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Sabin

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

sabin

40

albert sabin

19

chris sabin

18

lou sabin

9

sabin minnesota

5

bermant gould sabin

5

captain sabin

4

robert sabin

4

florence sabin

4

robbins sabin

3
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Modern Translations: Sabin

Language Translations for "sabin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Basque

  

sabin-etxea (Sabin-Etxea). (various references)

   

Danish

  

Sabine. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

Sabine. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

Sabin. (various references)

   

French

  

Sabin. (various references)

   

German

  

Sabin. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

Sabin(Σαμπίν). (various references)

   

Italian

  

Sabin. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

abinsay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

Sabin. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

сэбин. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

sabin. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

sabine, sabin. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Sabin

Derivations

Words beginning with "sabin": sabine, sabines, sabins. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Sabin"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "sabin" (pronounced sā"bi'n)
3-b i' nDobbin, dustbin, Robbin.

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Anagrams: Sabin

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: basin, nabis.

Words within the letters "a-b-i-n-s"

-1 letter: ains, anis, bani, bans, bias, bins, isba, nabs, nibs, sain, snib.

-2 letters: abs, ain, ais, ani, ban, bas, bin, bis, ins, nab, nib, sab, sib, sin.

-3 letters: ab, ai, an, as, ba, bi, in, is, na, si.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-i-n-s"
 

+1 letter: ablins, bairns, banish, basing, basins, basion, blains, bonsai, brains, cabins, nubias, sabine, sabins.

 

+2 letters: abasing, ablings, absinth, abstain, abusing, aiblins, albinos, bagnios, bakings, bandies, bandits, banians, banksia, banshie, banties, banzais, basenji, bashing, basinal, basined, basinet, basions, basking, basting, bastion, beanies, biasing, bisnaga, bonacis, bonitas, bonsais, brisant, disband, gabions, indabas, lesbian, obtains, rabbins, ribands, sabbing, sabeing, sabines, sabring.

 

+3 letters: abashing, abrasion, abscisin, absinthe, absinths, abstains, albinism, albumins, ambients, amboinas, anabasis, antibias, antiboss, antisnob, backings, backspin, baggings, bailsman, bailsmen, bairnish, bambinos, banausic, bandaids, banished, banisher, banishes, banister, banjoist, bankings, banksias, bankside, banshies, bargains, barniest, baronies, bartisan, baseline, basenjis, basinets, basinful, bassinet, bastings, bastions, battings, beadings, bearings, bearskin, beatings, beatniks, bedsonia, begonias, bepaints, betaines, biasness, biassing, bimanous, bimensal, binaries, biplanes, bisnagas, biznagas, blandish, blasting, boasting, boatings, botanies, botanise, botanist, bracings, brainish, braising, brandies, brandish, brasilin, brassing, brigands, brisance, bubingas, cabinets, cannabis, carabins, carbines, coalbins, corbinas, debasing, dingbats, disbands, finbacks, habitans, hobnails, ikebanas, inboards, inhabits, instable, jacobins, lambkins, lambskin, lesbians, minibars, minicabs, minilabs, misbegan, misbrand, nabobish, nabobism, niobates, nonbasic, obeisant, obsidian, ouabains, pembinas, pinballs, rabbonis, rainbows, ribbands, rinsable, sabering, sambaing, scabbing, searobin, sibilant, sideband, singable, sinkable, slabbing, snakebit, stabbing, stabling, subbasin, swabbing, tabanids, taborins, unbiased, unbraids, urbanise, urbanism, urbanist, vibrants, windbags.

 

+4 letters: abhenries, abidances, ablations, ablutions, abortions, abrasions, abscising, abscisins, abseiling, absenting, absinthes, absolving, absorbing, abstained, abstainer, abstinent, abutilons, adsorbing, albinisms, amberinas, ambiances, ambiences, ambitions, ambushing, anabolism, anybodies, arabinose, ascribing, babblings, backspins, backswing, bacterins, badinages, bagginess, bailments, balconies, balkiness, balklines, balminess, balsaming, banalizes, bangtails, banishers, banishing, banisters, banjoists, banksides, bannister, bantlings, baptising, barbicans, baritones, bartisans, bartizans, baseliner, baselines, basifying, basilican, basinfuls, basseting, bassinets, bastinade, bastinado, bastioned, battiness, baudekins, bauhinias, bawdiness, beaneries, bearskins, beastings, bedsoniae, bedsonias, benjamins, beshaming, biathlons, biennales, biennials, bigaroons, bignonias, bilanders, billycans, binnacles, binomials, bivalents, blackfins, blackings, blastings, blindages, blinkards, boardings, boatswain, bohemians, boltonias, bondmaids, bonifaces, botanicas, botanised, botanises, botanists, botanizes, braconids, braidings, braincase, brainiacs, brainiest, brainless, brainpans, brainsick, brainwash, branniest, brantails, brasilins, braunites, brawniest, brazilins, breakings, breasting, brisances, bypassing, cannabins, cannibals, carabines, carbinols, cinnabars, dabblings, disabling, disbanded, endbrains, fibrannes, habitants, hairbands, handbills, hangbirds, ibogaines, incubates, insurable, intubates, ironbarks, isobutane, lambskins, libations, libelants, lobations, mandibles, mangabies, marblings, midbrains, misbrands, monobasic, nabobisms, nailbrush, ninebarks, obeisance, oblations, obsidians, obstinacy, obstinate, obtainers, olibanums, panbroils, plebeians, publicans, rabbinism, rabidness, rainbands, rainbirds, ramblings, reobtains, ringbarks, sanbenito, scabbling, searobins, shambling, sibilance, sibilants, sidebands, signboard, snakebird, snakebite, stabbings, stablings, stainable, subalpine, subbasins, sublating, sublation, submarine, subwaying, taborines, tailbones, tangibles, thebaines, tribesman, tribunals, turbinals, urbanised, urbanises, urbanisms, urbanists, urbanites, urbanizes, vibrances, waistband, washbasin, whizbangs, windblast, wingbacks, wristband, zabaiones.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Sabin


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 61 62 69 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

...    .-    -...    ..    -.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01100001 01100010 01101001 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#97 &#98 &#105 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0061 0062 0069 006E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5367687580

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Usage Frequency
6. Names: Frequency
7. Cities
8. Expressions
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Derivations
12. Rhymes
13. Anagrams
14. Orthography
15. Bibliography


  

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