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• Sv
  Sv

  sievert; sieverts.
• s.v.
  s.v.

  abbreviation

  sub verbo.
• S.V.
  S.V.

  abbreviation

  Holy Virgin.
• sv
  sv

  abbreviation

  sailing vessel
• SV
  SV

  abbreviation

  Sancta Virgo

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

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Sv s.v. S.V. sv SV

How many Gy of exposure is needed to give a cancerous tumor a dose of 40 Sv if it is exposed to α activity?

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

If a dose in Sv is involved, use the definition that 1 Sv = 1 J/kg .

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

Calculate the dose in Sv to the chest of a patient given an x-ray under the following conditions.

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

Happ 12-4 2.93 119 LH Jamie Moyer 12-10 4.94 94 RH K. Kendrick* 9-7 3.34 62 Closer Sv ERA SO RH R. Madson 10 3.83 78 *Minor-league stats 2.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 3, 2010

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

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

"Virgin Wife and widowed Maid."—Whence come the words "Virgin wife and widow'd maid," quoted, apparently, by Liddell and Scott in their Greek Lexicon, s.v. ἀπάρθενος, as a rendering or illustration of Hec.

From Notes and Queries, Number 194, July 16, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by George Bell

The most careful examination of the rite and the evidence for it is that of Aust in Mythological Lexicon, s.v.

From The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus by W. Warde Fowler

On mutilation as a general religious rite see H. Spencer, Principles of Sociology, i, 189, 290, and as punishment, Westermarck, Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas, Index, s.v.

From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Morris Jastrow

I see that Professor Roth s.v. adduces the authority of the Amara Kosha and of the Commentator on Páṇini for stating that the word sometimes means ‘the wife of Manu.’

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) Griffith

L. T. Hobhouse, Morals in Evolution, Index, s.v.; and see the references in these works.

From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Morris Jastrow

“If it was as simple as getting the infection once means you are immune for life, that would be great, but I don’t think that’s the case,” said S.V.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 16, 2021

During the afternoon, he insisted that Buschmann take him to see Hamburger S.V., the local Bundesliga team, play a match.

From The New Yorker ● May 27, 2019

This par-73 layout is named for obscure architect S.V.

From Golf Digest ● Jan. 11, 2018

Under Klinsmann, Wood found a comfort zone and enjoyed a steady ascent, scoring impressive goals for the United States squad and securing a place this season for his new Bundesliga club, Hamburger S.V.

From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2017

The ringing of a bell gave results similer to those for a whistle, and the sound of a 500 S.V. tuning fork usually caused a slight increase in the rate of breathing.

From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Hugo Münsterberg

Philip was the youngest of the 26 people who had sv urn the Channel; his time was the second longest.

From Time Magazine Archive

II, offer, show, 5, 11, 18, 25, 78. bilde, sn. example, comparison. bilden, wv. form. billich, aj. becoming, right. billīchen, av. rightly, properly, befittingly. bin, am, 97. binden, sv.

From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Joseph Wright

VI, take an oath, swear to. bëte, sf. request, command. bëten, wv. pray, 92. betrahten, wv. view, consider. betriegen, sv.

From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Joseph Wright

III, strive, struggle; busy oneself, wrestle; ringen nāch, strive for or after. rinnen, sv.

From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Joseph Wright

II, deceive. betrüeben, wv. make gloomy or angry. bette, sn. bed, 10, 46. bettestat, sf. couch, place of rest. bevëlhen, sv.

From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Joseph Wright

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 ● Nov. 28, 2025

SV Angel didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2025

Glasner's remarkable story - from the brink of death after a brain haemorrhage aged 37 while playing for SV Ried, to his rise as one of European football's most respected coaches - is well told.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2025

They also broadened our understanding of SV function and of how the vesicles are recycled.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 3, 2024

Obviously the prefix SV was quite a rare one and SV stations were much sought after, particularly the handful who used CW.

From The Dawn of Amateur Radio in the U.K. and Greece: a personal view by Norman F. Joly