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Sievert vs Nanosievert - What's the difference?

sievert | nanosievert |

1 sievert is 1000000000 nanosieverts


1 nanosievert is 1.0E-9 sieverts


As nouns the difference between sievert and nanosievert

is that sievert is in 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 05 mm thick platinum enclosure symbol: sv while nanosievert is a unit of radiation dose, 10−9 of a sievert.

sievert

English

(wikipedia sievert)

Noun

(en noun)
  • In 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. Symbol: Sv

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    nanosievert

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A unit of radiation dose, 10?9 of a sievert.