n.
Pronunciation: ' sved- ˌ b ə rg, ' sfed-, - ˌ ber- ē
Function: noun
Etymology: The Svedberg
Date: 1937
: a unit of time amounting to 10 - 13 second that is used to measure the sedimentation velocity of a colloidal solution (as of a protein) in an ultracentrifuge and to determine molecular weight by substitution in an equation ― called also svedberg unit