"sverdrup" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: sverdrups [plural]
Etymology: From Norwegian Sverdrup. After Harald Sverdrup (1888–1957), Norwegian oceanographer and meteorologist. Etymology templates: {{der|en|no|Sverdrup}} Norwegian Sverdrup Head templates: {{en-noun}} sverdrup (plural sverdrups)
  1. (metrology, oceanography) A unit of measure of volume transport, used in oceanography, equal to 1 million cubic metres per second. Symbol: Sv Wikipedia link: en:Harald Sverdrup, en:sverdrup Categories (topical): Metrology, Oceanography, Units of measure

Inflected forms

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