Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sievert

/ˈsiː.vɚt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.68 in modern English

Syllables: siev-ert
IPA: /ˈsiː.vɚt/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

name

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Swedish

Word Breakdown

Root: Sievert, Sigurþór

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈsiː.vɚt/
British English: /ˈsiː.vət/

Inflected Forms

sieverts (plural)

Derived Forms

microsievert millisievert nanosievert

Frequently Paired Words

gray rem mul:Sv Seibert Seivert Siebert

Questions

How do you pronounce sievert?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsiː.vɚt/.
What does sievert mean?: 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.
Where does sievert come from?: It is traced to Swedish.

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