Meanings
sievert1
nounsievert (plural sieverts)
plural sieverts
- 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.
Sievert2
Origin
sievert · noun
- SwedishSievert
- Englishsievert
From Swedish Sievert. Named after the Swedish radiologist Rolf Sievert.
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Full word history & related roots →Sievert · proper noun
- Old NorseSigurþór
- SwedishSievert
- EnglishSievert
Borrowed from Swedish Sievert, ultimately from Old Norse Sigurþór.
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Czech sievert
- sievertSI unit of radiation dose
Esperanto siverto
- sivertoSI unit of radiation dose
Finnish sievert
- sievertSI unit of radiation dose
French sievert
- sievertSI unit of radiation dose
German Sievert
- SievertSI unit of radiation dose
Hungarian sievert
- sievertSI unit of radiation dose
Icelandic sívert
- sívertSI unit of radiation dose
Indonesian sievert
- sievertSI unit of radiation dose
Malay sievert
- sievertSI unit of radiation dose
Polish siwert
- siwertSI unit of radiation dose
Portuguese sievert
- sievertSI unit of radiation dose
Spanish siévert
- siévertSI unit of radiation dose
Swedish sievert
- sievertSI unit of radiation dose
Thai ซีเวิร์ต
- ซีเวิร์ต (sii-wə̂ət)SI unit of radiation dose
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APA
sievert. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sievert
MLA
“sievert.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sievert. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sievert,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sievert.
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