SVEDBERG


Meaning of SVEDBERG in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsved-ˌbərg, ˈsfed-, -ˌber-ē ]

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

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