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specific gravity en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (countable, dated, uncountable) Synonym of relative density (“a dimensionless measure which is the ratio of the mass of a substance to that of some reference substance (chiefly an equal volume of water at 4°C)”).
    • They are tasteless, inodorous, dry, uninflammable, sparingly soluble, difficult of fusion, and of moderate specific gravity. 1846, editorial staff, “CHEMISTRY”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 2, Issue 13, page 102:

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specific gravities Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

specific gravity bottle

Synonyms

gravity · relative density

Translations (6)

pt peso específico (ratio of the mass of a substance to that of an equal volume of water (cognates) — see also relative density) · ro greutate specifică (ratio of the mass of a substance to that of an equal volume of water (cognates) — see also relative density) · de spezifisches Gewicht (ratio of the mass of a substance to that of an equal volume of water (cognates) — see also relative density) · it peso specifico (ratio of the mass of a substance to that of an equal volume of water (cognates) — see also relative density) · ms graviti tentu (ratio of the mass of a substance to that of an equal volume of water (cognates) — see also relative density) · es peso específico (ratio of the mass of a substance to that of an equal volume of water (cognates) — see also relative density)