Sabine

¹

[ sey-bahyn ]

adjective

1. of or belonging to an ancient people of central Italy who lived chiefly in the Apennines northeast of Rome and were subjugated by the Romans about 290 b.c.

noun

1. one of the Sabine people.
2. the Italic language of the Sabines.

Sabine

²

[ sey-bahyn, -bin suh-been ]

noun

1. Wallace Clement (Ware), 1868–1919, U.S. physicist: pioneered research in acoustics.
2. a river flowing SE and S from NE Texas, forming the boundary between Texas and Louisiana and then through Sabine Lake to the Gulf of Mexico. About 500 miles (800 km) long.

Sabine

/ ˈsæbaɪn /

noun

1. a member of an ancient Oscan-speaking people who lived in central Italy northeast of Rome

adjective

1. of, characteristic of, or relating to this people or their language

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sabine¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin Sabīnus

Example Sentences

Sabine Fischlin, manager of the Woollen Mill on the Royal Mile, said the situation had been getting "significantly worse" since August.

From BBC

The next stage - swarm engineering - is about making many robots work together in real world applications, says Prof Sabine Hauert from the University of Bristol, one of the project partners.

From BBC

Using the bodies of executed people was “a centuries-old practice in anatomy,” preferred because anatomists could time their work swiftly after a scheduled death, said Dr. Sabine Hildebrandt, an anatomy educator at Harvard Medical School.

From Los Angeles Times

Once AI guidelines are drawn up, the next step will be to ensure that authors stick to them, says Sabine Kleinert, deputy editor of medical journal The Lancet, which is involved in CANGARU.

From Science Magazine

“It’s a really great way to help the problem of news deserts in rural areas,” said Sabine Martin, executive editor of The Daily Iowan, who will copy edit stories for one of the papers.

From Seattle Times

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