Sv

¹ American  

Physics.

1. sievert; sieverts.

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s.v. ² American  

abbreviation

1. sub verbo.

2. sub voce.

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S.V. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. Holy Virgin.

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sv ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. sailing vessel

2. side valve

3. sub verbo or voce

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SV ² British  

abbreviation

1. Sancta Virgo

2. Sanctitas Vestra

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sv ³ British  

abbreviation

1. El Salvador

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Etymology

Origin of S.V.

From Latin Sāncta Virgō

Example Sentences

Forest followed this up with the even more remarkable feat of not only winning the European Cup in 1979 against Malmo, when Robertson provided the perfect left-wing cross for Trevor Francis' decisive header, but retained it the next year when his goal beat SV Hamburg at the Bernabeu in Madrid.

From BBC

In 1998, it debuted its Alpha SV jacket made with waterproof and lightweight Gore-Tex material.

From The Wall Street Journal

Arc’teryx’s signature Alpha SV jacket sells for 8,200 Chinese yuan, or around $1,160, and most products cost at least several hundred dollars.

From The Wall Street Journal

That includes a committee called California Leads, with funding from Meta, Alphabet’s Google and the investment firm SV Angel.

From The Wall Street Journal

Around 4 Sv, the odds of survival drop to 50 percent.

From Literature