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Meaning of sievert | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/ˈsiː.vət/

Definitions

  1. A surname.
  2. 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.

Equivalents

Čeština sievert
Deutsch Sievert
Español sievert
Suomi sievert
Français sievert
Polski siwert
Português sievert
Svenska sievert

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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