specific weight
51Specific Volume — The volume of a unit weight of a substance at a specific temperature and pressure …
52specific gravity — noun (U) technical the weight of a substance divided by the weight of the amount of water that would fill the same space specify / spesifaI/ verb specified, specifying (T) to state something in an exact and detailed way: Names and numbers were… …
53specific gravity — UK / US noun [uncountable] science the weight of something divided by the weight of the same volume of water …
54specific thrust — noun the thrust per unit weight of a vehicle or engine …
55specific leaf area — noun a measure of leaf thickness, calculated by dividing the area of a portion of a leaf by the dry weight of that same portion of leaf …
56specific gravity — The weight of a particular volume of water that a given body of rock or soil will hold against the pull of gravity to the volume of the body itself. It is usually expressed as a percentage [6] …
57specific fuel consumption — The quantity of fuel consumed (by weight) to produce one unit of power in one unit of time. In piston engines, the SFC is equal to the mass ratio of fuel/shaft horsepower. In gas turbine engines, the SFC is equal to the mass ratio of fuel/thrust …
58Specific Heat Capacity — The quantity of heat required to change the temperature of one unit weight of a material by one degree …
59specific gravity — The ratio of the weight of a substance to that of an equal volume of another substance used as a standard. Ohio Oil Co. v Conway, 281 US 146, 74 L Ed 775, 50 S Ct 310 …
60Position-specific scoring matrix — A position weight matrix (PWM), also called position specific weight matrix (PSWM) or position specific scoring matrix (PSSM), is a commonly used representation of motifs (patterns) in biological sequences.cite journal |author=Ben Gal I, Shani A …
