sverdrup

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Etymology

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

Noun

sverdrup (plural sverdrups)

  1. (metrology, oceanography) A unit of measure of volume transport, used in oceanography, equal to 1 million cubic metres per second. Symbol: Sv