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SABIN [2 records]

Record 1 2003-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Building Insulation and Acoustical Design
DEF

Unit of sound absorption, used in acoustical engineering.

CONT

The metric sabin (after Wallace Clement Sabine, a United States physicist) is the equivalent of one square metre of perfectly absorbing material. The corresponding English unit uses the square foot and is known simply as the sabin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Isolation et acoustique architecturale
CONT

Le pouvoir d'absorption des matériaux [...] s'exprime [...] en unités de surface et dans la littérature française il est généralement exprimé en mètres carrés; par contre, dans la littérature anglo-saxonne, il est toujours exprimé en "sabines", unité qui est pratiquement égale au 1/10 de mètre carré (elle vaut exactement 1 pied carré).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Metrología y unidades de medida
  • Aislamiento y acústica arquitectónicos
DEF

Unidad de medida de la capacidad de absorción de sonido equivalente a un pie cuadrado de superficie absorbente.

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Record 2 2003-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
  • Biotechnology
DEF

A suspension of one or a combination of three types of live, attenuated polioviruses propagated separately in monkey kidney tissue culture. The vaccine is administered orally and is an active immunizing agent against poliomyelitis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
  • Biotechnologie
OBS

vaccin Sabin : Rapport hebdomadaire des maladies au Canada.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inmunología
  • Biotecnología
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