divisor quantity, the specific quantity is a massic quantity. If volume is the divisor quantity, the specific quantity is a volumic quantity.[citation...

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...

Quantity or amount is a property that can exist as a multitude or magnitude, which illustrate discontinuity and continuity. Quantities can be compared...

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...

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...

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...

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)....

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...

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...

thermodynamic system, transfers of extensive quantities are associated with changes in respective specific intensive quantities. For example, a volume transfer is...

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...

gases Mass-specific quantity, the quotient of a physical quantity and mass Specific energy, energy per unit mass Volume-specific quantity, the quotient of...

, specific and named) pathogens A specific quantity generally means a physical quantity normalized "per unit" of something (often mass). SPECIFIC, The...

measure of communicating general quantity of information ("That topic covers twelve pages") or more specific quantity ("there are 535 words in a standard...

the gravitational two-body problem, the specific orbital energy ε {\displaystyle \varepsilon } (or specific vis-viva energy) of two orbiting bodies is...

Reciprocal length or inverse length is a quantity or measurement used in several branches of science and mathematics, defined as the reciprocal of length...

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...

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...

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...

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...

(especially food additives) which are harmless enough to have no specific quantity restriction. It serves to protect consumers from the addition of excessive...

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...

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...

analysis of the relationships between different physical quantities by identifying their base quantities (such as length, mass, time, and electric current)...

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...

collected from plant or animal tissues. The more common, and more specific quantity known as standard atomic weight (Ar,standard) is an application of...

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...

generator in an automobile airbag, which is designed to rapidly produce a specific quantity of inert gas. The V-2 rocket used hydrogen peroxide decomposed by...

(Quantities and units, International Organization for Standardization, 1992) is a superseded international standard concerning physical quantities, units...

momentum density can be defined as momentum per volume (a volume-specific quantity). A continuum version of the conservation of momentum leads to equations...