specific gravity

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specific gravity (countable and uncountable, plural specific gravities)

  1. (physics, dated) 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)”).
    Synonym: (dated) gravity

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