specific gravity

specific gravity

English

Noun

specific gravity (countable and uncountable, 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)

Synonyms

• relative density

Translations

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

Finnish: ominaispaino (fi) Georgian: კუთრი წონა (ḳutri c̣ona) German: spezifisches Gewicht n Greek: ειδικός βάρος n (eidikós város) Hungarian: fajsúly (hu) Italian: peso specifico (it) m

Japanese: 比重 (ja) (hijū) Romanian: greutate specifică (ro) f Russian: относительная плотность f (otnositelʹnaja plotnostʹ) Spanish: peso específico m Tagalog: hambinging dagsin Thai: ความถ่วงจำเพาะ (kwaam-tùuang-jam-pɔ́)