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

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

   Synonym: S

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

Further reading

• 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.