Sv

See also: sv, SV, s.v., .sv, S/V, and S.V.

㏜ U+33DC, ㏜ SQUARE SV ← ㏛ [U+33DB] CJK Compatibility ㏝ → [U+33DD]

Translingual

Etymology

• (sievert): From Swedish Sievert, named after Swedish medical physicist Rolf Maximilian Sievert
• (svedberg): From Swedish Svedberg, named after Swedish chemist Theodor Svedberg
• (sverdrup): From Norwegian Sverdrup, named after Norwegian oceanographer Harald Sverdrup

Symbol

Sv

2. (metrology, SI) sievert, an International System of Units (SI) metric unit of radiation dose (equivalent, effective, or committed).
4. (metrology) svedberg, a non-SI metric unit of sedimentation.

   Synonym: S

6. (metrology) sverdrup, a non-SI metric unit of flow.

Further reading

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Sv

Wikipedia

• sievert on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• svedberg on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• sverdrup on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Shona

Alternative forms

• Ȿ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s͎/

Letter

Sv (lower case sv)

1. The letter of the Shona alphabet, written in the Latin script.