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sievert

sievert

English

Noun

sievert ‎(plural sieverts)

In the International System of Units, the derived unit of radiation dose; the dose received in one hour at a distance of 1 cm from a point source of 1 mg of radium in a 0.5 mm thick platinum enclosure. Symbol: Sv

Translations

SI unit of radiation dose

French: sievert (fr) m
German: Sievert (de) n
Icelandic: sívert n
Polish: siwert m

Portuguese: sievert m
Spanish: sievert (es) m
Swedish: sievert c

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

Noun

sievert m ‎(plural sieverts)

sievert

Anagrams

estiver, étrives, rétives, revêtis, revîtes, Trévise

Portuguese

Etymology

Named after the Swedish radiologist Rolf Sievert.

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.vɐɾt/
(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.veʁt͡ʃ/
Hyphenation: sie‧vert

Noun

sievert m (plural sieverts)

sievert.

Spanish

Noun

sievert m ‎(plural sieverts)

sievert.

Swedish

Noun

sievert c

sievert.