SPECIFIC GRAVITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does specific gravity mean? 

• SPECIFIC GRAVITY (noun)
  The noun SPECIFIC GRAVITY has 1 sense:

1. the density of a substance relative to the density of water

  Familiarity information: SPECIFIC GRAVITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPECIFIC GRAVITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The density of a substance relative to the density of water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("specific gravity" is a kind of...):

relative density (the ratio of the density of something to the density of a standard)

 Context examples 

The concept also refers to the weight-volume percentage concentration given that standard values for specific gravity of the solute are used.

(Percent Mass per Volume, NCI Thesaurus)

The concept also refers to the weight-weight percentage concentration given that standard values for specific gravity of the solute and the solution are used.

(Percent Mass per Mass, NCI Thesaurus)

Having high relative density or specific gravity; permitting little if any light to pass through.

(Dense, NCI Thesaurus)