English Explanatory Dictionary

sverdrup

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A unit of measure of volume transport, used in oceanography, equal to 1 million cubic metres per second.
name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

sverdrup sverdrups

Etymology

From Norwegian Sverdrup. After Harald Sverdrup (1888–1957), Norwegian oceanographer and meteorologist.

Related words

mul:Sv
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