Main Entry: sved·berg

Pronunciation: \ˈsved-ˌbərg, ˈsfed-, -ˌber-ē\

Function: noun

Etymology: The Svedberg

Date: 1937

: a unit of time amounting to 10⁻¹³ second that is used to measure the sedimentation velocity of a colloidal solution (as of a protein) in an ultracentrifuge and to determine molecular weight by substitution in an equation —called also svedberg unit