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sverdrupnoun(metrology, oceanography) A unit of measure of volume transport, used in oceanography, equal to 1 million cubic metres per second.
sievertnounIn 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, which in its biological effects corresponds to several different quantities: equivalent dose, effective dose, and committed dose.
spatverb(intransitive, originally US) To quarrel or argue pettily briefly.
sp. gr.nounAbbreviation of specific gravity. [(physics) The ratio of the mass of a substance to that of an equal volume of water at 4°C (or to some other reference substance)]
saybolt universal secondnounA measure of kinematic viscosity used in classical mechanics: the time taken by 60 cm³ of oil to flow through a calibrated tube at a controlled temperature of 38°C.
subvelocitynoun(physics) subdiffusive velocity
storativitynoun(geology) The volume of water released from storage per unit decline in hydraulic head in a confined aquifer, per unit area of the aquifer.
millisievertnoun(physics) A unit of ionizing radiation equal to 10⁻³ sieverts
strouhal numbernoun(dimensional analysis) A dimensionless number describing oscillating flow mechanisms; an integral part of the fundamentals of fluid mechanics.
microsievertnoun(physics) A unit of ionizing radiation equal to 10⁻⁶ sieverts
s-factornoun(physics) A rescaling of a nuclear reaction's total cross section to account for the Coulomb repulsion between the charged reactants. It determines the rates of nuclear fusion reactions that occur in the cores of stars.
slownessnounThe quality or state of being slow.
standard deviationnoun(statistics) A measure of how spread out data values are around the mean, defined as the square root of the variance. Represented with the Greek letter σ (sigma).
stokesnounA unit of kinematic viscosity in the CGS system of units. 1 stokes = 1 cm²/s.
space velocitynoun(astronomy) The velocity of a star relative to the Sun
siemensnounIn the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical conductance; the electric conductance in a body that has a resistance of one ohm.
speed parameternoun(relativity) speed divided by the speed of light, symbol β
scale heightnoun(sciences) The distance over which a quantity changes by a factor of e (the base of natural logarithms)
wavespeednounThe speed/velocity of a wave.
sieverts' lawnounA rule to predict the solubility of gases in metals, stating that the solubility of a diatomic gas in metal is proportional to the square root of the partial pressure of the gas in thermodynamic equilibrium.

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