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a unit of acoustic absorption equivalent to the absorption by a square foot of a surface that absorbs all incident sound

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  1. n. a unit of acoustic absorption equivalent to the absorption by a square foot of a surface that absorbs all incident sound
  2. n. a unit of acoustic absorption equivalent to the absorption by a square foot of a surface that absorbs all incident sound n. United States microbiologist (born in Poland) who developed the Sabin vaccine that is taken orally against poliomyelitis (born 1906)