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111specific dynamic action — n the effect of ingestion and assimilation of food and esp. of protein in increasing the production of heat in the body abbr. SDA …
112specific epithet — n the Latin or latinized noun or adjective that follows the genus name in a taxonomic binomial …
113specific heat — n 1) the ratio of the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of a body one degree to that required to raise the temperature of an equal mass of water one degree 2) the heat in calories required to raise the temperature of one gram of… …
114specific heat capacity — specific heat. Symbol c …
115specific characters — n. the persistent features that distinguish one species from all others …
116specific gravity — n. the ratio of the weight or mass of a given volume of a substance to that of an equal volume of another substance (water for liquids and solids, air or hydrogen for gases) used as a standard …
117specific heat — n. 1. the number of calories needed to raise the temperature of one gram of a given substance 1°C 2. the ratio of the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a given mass of a substance one degree to the amount of heat required to… …
118specific performance — n. Law the exact performance of a contract or an order compelling it …
119specific learning difficulty — Any of various identifiable particular learning difficulties, such as dyslexia, dyspraxia etc • • • Main Entry: ↑learn …
120Specific orbital energy — In the gravitational two body problem, the specific orbital energy (or vis viva energy) of two orbiting bodies is the constant sum of their mutual potential energy ( ) and their total kinetic energy ( ), divided by the reduced mass. According to… …
