specific gravity

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[edit] English

[edit] Noun

Singular
specific gravity

Plural
specific gravities

specific gravity (plural specific gravities)

  1. (physics) The ratio of the mass of a substance to that of an equal volume of water at 4°C (or to some other reference substance)

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ratio of the mass of a substance to that of an equal volume of water
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