| specific rate |
A rate applying to an individual piece of property.
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| specific activity |
A measure of the radioactivity of a unit weight (generally one gram) of material.
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| specificity |
For a diagnostic or screening test, the proportion of people who truly are free of a designated disorder, who are so identified by the test.
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| specificity |
Measures a test's ability to correctly identify individuals who are disease-free. A failure in specificity, commonly referred to as a "false positive," is the failure of a test to correctly identify an individual who is disease free.
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| specific gravity |
The weight of a liquid as compared to an equal amount of water. The specific gravity of water is 1.000. Dissolving sugar into water increases the specific gravity (often called simply gravity). As fermentation commences, the SG decreases. A wort with an SG of 1.050 weighs 1.050 times an equal volume of water. See also original gravity and final gravity. Brewers use a hydrometer to measure SG.
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