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SIEVERT
Etymology
Named after the Swedish radiologist Rolf Sievert.
Noun
sievert (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. Symbol: Sv
Anagrams
• Ivester, Servite, restive, tervies, veriest
Proper noun
Sievert (plural Sieverts)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sievert is the 12476th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2488 individuals. Sievert is most common among White (94.13%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Ivester, Servite, restive, tervies, veriest
Source: Wiktionary
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INTUITIVELY
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
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