Svedberg (unit)
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Svedberg (unit) — or Svedberg [sfed′bərg] n. [after The(odor) Svedberg (1884 1971), Swed chemist] a unit of time, equal to 10 13 second, used in determining the rate of sedimentation of a macromolecule in an ultracentrifuge … English World dictionary
Svedberg (unit) — or Svedberg [sfed′bərg] n. [after The(odor) Svedberg (1884 1971), Swed chemist] a unit of time, equal to 10 13 second, used in determining the rate of sedimentation of a macromolecule in an ultracentrifuge … English World dictionary
Svedberg unit — The unit applied to the sedimentation coefficient of a particle in a high speed or ultracentrifuge. The unit S is calculated as follows, S= rate of sedimentation x 1/ r2 r,where r is the speed of rotation in radians per second and r is the radius … Dictionary of molecular biology
Svedberg unit — (sfed berg) The unit used in expressing the sedimentation coefficient; the greater a particle s Svedberg value, the faster it travels in a centrifuge … Dictionary of microbiology
svedberg unit — noun see svedberg … New Collegiate Dictionary
svedberg unit — noun see svedberg … Useful english dictionary
Svedberg unit — (S) a unit equal to 10−13 second used for expressing sedimentation coefficients (q.v.) of macromolecules … Medical dictionary
Svedberg unit flotation unit — Sved·berg unit, flotation unit (sfedґbərg) [Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist, 1884–1971, inventor of the ultracentrifuge and winner of the Nobel prize for chemistry in 1926 for his work on disperse systems] see under unit … Medical dictionary
Svedberg — A svedberg (symbol S, sometimes Sv, not to be confused with Sv for the SI unit sievert as well as the non SI sverdrup) is a non SI physical unit used for sedimentation coefficients. It characterizes the behaviour of a particle type in… … Wikipedia
Svedberg — Theodor, Swedish chemist and Nobel laureate, 1884–1971. See S. equation, S. of flotation, S. unit. * * * sved·berg sfed .bərg, .ber ē n a unit of time amounting to 10 13 second that is used to measure the sedimentation velocity of a colloidal… … Medical dictionary
