Sievert Definition

sēvərt
noun
The basic unit in the SI system that is used to measure the amount of biological damage caused by various types of ionizing radiation, equal to the dose that produces the same amount of damage in human tissue as one gray of X-rays (100 rem or 8.38 roentgens)
Webster's New World

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Noun

Singular:
sievert
Plural:
sieverts

Origin of Sievert

  • After Rolf Maximilian Sievert (1896–1966), Swedish radiologist

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Named after the Swedish radiologist Rolf Sievert.

    From Wiktionary

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