• divisor quantity, the specific quantity is a massic quantity. If volume is the divisor quantity, the specific quantity is a volumic quantity.[citation...
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    A physical quantity (or simply quantity) is a property of a material or system that can be quantified by measurement. A physical quantity can be expressed...
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  • The specific weight, also known as the unit weight (symbol γ, the Greek letter gamma), is a volume-specific quantity defined as the weight W divided by...
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  • Quantity or amount is a property that can exist as a multitude or magnitude, which illustrate discontinuity and continuity. Quantities can be compared...
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    its enthalpy resulting from providing energy, typically heat, to a specific quantity of the substance to change its state from a solid to a liquid, at...
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    Specific surface area (SSA) is a property of solids defined as the total surface area (SA) of a material per unit mass, (with units of m2/kg or m2/g)....
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  • Specific energy or massic energy is energy per unit mass. It is also sometimes called gravimetric energy density, which is not to be confused with energy...
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  • Specific force (SF) is a mass-specific quantity defined as the quotient of force per unit mass. S F = F / m {\displaystyle \mathrm {SF} =F/m} It is a...
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  • In thermodynamics, the specific volume of a substance (symbol: ν, nu) is the quotient of the substance's volume (V) to its mass (m): ν = V m {\displaystyle...
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    thermodynamic system, transfers of extensive quantities are associated with changes in respective specific intensive quantities. For example, a volume transfer is...
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  • the specific units of volume used, such as in milliliters per milliliter (mL/mL). The number one is recognized as a dimensionless base quantity. Radians...
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  • , specific and named) pathogens A specific quantity generally means a physical quantity normalized "per unit" of something (often mass). SPECIFIC, The...
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  • the gravitational two-body problem, the specific orbital energy ε {\displaystyle \varepsilon } (or specific vis-viva energy) of two orbiting bodies is...
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    beer, sugar, and flour, for example, are sold in multiples of a specific quantity. Beer is sold in pints and in a pub the customer can purchase a pint...
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  • gases Mass-specific quantity, the quotient of a physical quantity and mass Specific energy, energy per unit mass Volume-specific quantity, the quotient of...
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  • numerical quantity. Some theories of grammar use the word "numeral" to refer to cardinal numbers that act as a determiner that specify the quantity of a noun...
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    Current density (category Area-specific quantities)
    expressions such as those in this section. Electric current is a coarse, average quantity that tells what is happening in an entire wire. At position r at time t...
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  • the holder, the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell a specific quantity of an underlying asset or instrument at a specified strike price on...
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  • Specific leaf area (SLA) is the ratio of leaf area to leaf dry mass. The inverse of SLA is Leaf Mass per Area (LMA). Specific leaf area is a ratio indicating...
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    measure of communicating general quantity of information ("That topic covers twelve pages") or more specific quantity ("there are 535 words in a standard...
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  • particular number of digits in positional notation that convey a specific quantity Disjunction property, a typical metalogical property of intuitionistic...
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  • (especially food additives) which are harmless enough to have no specific quantity restriction. It serves to protect consumers from the addition of excessive...
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  • analysis of the relationships between different physical quantities by identifying their base quantities (such as length, mass, time, and electric current)...
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  • Reciprocal length (category Length-specific quantities)
    Reciprocal length or inverse length is a quantity or measurement used in several branches of science and mathematics, defined as the reciprocal of length...
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    when an electron collided with a mercury atom, it could lose only a specific quantity (4.9 electron volts) of its kinetic energy before flying away. This...
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    order to increase the surface area of a mass of liquid by an amount, δA, a quantity of work, γ δA, is needed (where γ is the surface energy density of the...
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  • the ratio between the largest and smallest measurable values of a specific quantity. It is often used in the context of signals, like sound and light...
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  • ISO 31 (category Physical quantities)
    (Quantities and units, International Organization for Standardization, 1992) is a superseded international standard concerning physical quantities, units...
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    Momentum (category Mechanical quantities)
    momentum density can be defined as momentum per volume (a volume-specific quantity). A continuum version of the conservation of momentum leads to equations...
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  • Surface power density (category Area-specific quantities)
    expressed in W/m2. An example of such a quantity is the solar constant. Wind turbines are often compared using a specific power measuring watts per square meter...
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