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English

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Etymology

From Swedish Sievert. Named after the Swedish radiologist Rolf Sievert.

Pronunciation

Noun

sievert (plural sieverts)

  1. 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, which in its biological effects corresponds to several different quantities: equivalent dose, effective dose, and committed dose.
    Alternative form: Sv (symbol)

Translations

See also

  • gray (for absorbed dose)
  • rem (non-SI, for the same dose types as the sievert)

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Pronunciation

Noun

sievert m inan

  1. sievert (unit of radiation dose)

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Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish sievert.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsie̯ʋert/, [ˈs̠ie̞̯ʋe̞rt̪]
  • Rhymes: -ieʋert
  • Syllabification(key): sie‧vert
  • Hyphenation(key): sie‧vert

Noun

sievert

  1. sievert (unit of radiation dose)

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French

Pronunciation

Noun

sievert m (plural sieverts)

  1. sievert

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Portuguese

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Etymology

Named after the Swedish radiologist Rolf Sievert.

Pronunciation

 
 

Noun

sievert m (plural sieverts)

  1. sievert

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Spanish

Noun

sievert m (plural sieverts)

  1. sievert

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Swedish

Etymology

Named after Swedish physicist Rolf Maximilian Sievert.

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Noun

sievert c

  1. sievert.

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