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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

See Examples For:

Sv s.v. S.V. sv SV

Assume that there are 200×10−4 deaths per Sv of radiation per year.

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

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

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

Sancta Virgo=Holy Virgin; Sanctitas Vestra=Your Holiness. s.v., sub voce=Under the word or title.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

The right of asylum goes back to very early forms of society in all parts of the world; many examples are cited by 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

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

See Appendix D. 104 This view was originally stated in Pauly-Wissowa, s.v.

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

See Glossary to Laws s.v. dul. dulbaire f. lack of eloquence, bad delivery 179. dulsaine f. mockery 142; in cerd mac húi Dulsine, Corm.

From The Triads of Ireland by Kuno Meyer

“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

In Germany, Hamburger S.V. was defeated, 3-1, by a 10-man team from Osnabrück.

From New York Times ● Aug. 14, 2017

The observations prove conclusively that the 500 S.V. sound is heard.

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

VII, split, 87. spān, sm. chip, shaving; notched stick, tally; degree of relationship. spanen, sv.

From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Joseph Wright

V, recover, become well or free, 30, 83. genieten, wv. refl. rejoice, be glad, become satisfied with. genieȥen, sv.

From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Joseph Wright

IV, be extinguished, go out, 11, 82. leschen, wv. extinguish, put out. lësen, sv.

From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Joseph Wright

III, reach, attain, acquire, beget. erwern, wv. prevent, hinder. erwinden, sv.

From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Joseph Wright

Eckerlin was a professional footballer from 2005 to 2009, playing for SV Darmstadt in the third tier of German football at the peak of his career.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

SV Angel estimated its proceeds would be $250 million for its SV Angel VI fund, generating a multiple on invested capital of 275 times.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 6, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2025

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