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41specific taxes — Taxes of a fixed amount by the head or number, or by some standard of weight or measurement and requiring no assessment other than a listing or classification of the subjects to be taxed. Poll taxes are invariably specific taxes and excises are… …
42specific growth rate — a term used in aquaculture to estimate the production of fish after a certain period (weight at harvest weight at stocking)/production period*100 …
43weight training — noun A form of physical exercise using weights to increase the strength and size of muscles by using exercises specific for each muscle group. Syn: weightlifting See Also: training, weight train …
44specific activity — 1. activity per unit weight of a radioactive material, or the activity of a radioisotope per unit weight of the element (including stable isotopes) present. 2. the catalytic effect of an enzyme expressed as units per milligram of enzyme …
45SPECIFIC GRAVITY — the weight of a body compared with another of equal bulk taken as a standard, such as the weight of a cubic inch of water …
46specific gravity — spe.cific gravity n [U and C] technical the weight of a substance divided by the weight of the amount of water that would fill the same space …
47specific gravity — spe,cific gravity noun uncount SCIENCE the weight of something divided by the weight of the same VOLUME of water …
48specific gravity — relative weight of matter in contrast to the weight of the water in the volume …
49specific humidity — The weight of water vapor per unit weight of moist air (e.g., grams of water vapor per kilogram of air) …
50Specific Humidity — The weight of water vapor, per unit weight of dry air …