Specific Humidity: The ratio of the density of the water vapor to the density of the air, a mix of dry air and water vapor. It is expressed in grams per gram or in grams per kilograms. The specific humidity of an air parcel remains constant unless water vapor is added to or taken from the parcel.

 

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Specific Humidity: The ratio of the density of the water vapor to the density of the air, a mix of dry air and water vapor. It is expressed in grams per gram or in grams per kilograms. The specific humidity of . . . View Full Definition

Specific Lien: A lien affecting or attaching only to a certain, specific parcel of land or piece of property.

Specific Performance: An action brought in a court of equity in special cases to compel a party to carry out the terms of a contract. The basis for an equity courts jurisdiction in breach of a real estate contrac . . . View Full Definition

Specific Issues Market: The percentage of the total short sales of stock sold short by specialists.

Specific Impulse: Specific impulse refers to the power per unit of propellant. For instance, when Aerotech says that their propellant delivers nearly three times the power of the equivalent amount of black p . . . View Full Definition

Specific Identification: A method of valuing inventory and determining cost of goods sold whereby the actual costs of specific inventory items are assigned to them.

Specific Volume: The volume of a unit mass of substance. For example, the specific volume of water at 4°C is 1.00000 ml/g. Specific volume is the reciprocal of density.

Specific Volume Anomaly, Or Steric Anomaly: The excess in specific volume over the standard specific volume at 35 ‰, 0°C, and the given pressure. See thermosteric anomaly and specific volume.

Suit For Specific Performance: If a seller breaches a real estate contract, the buyer may sue for specific performance. The buyer asks the court to force the seller to go through with the sale and convey the property as p . . . View Full Definition

Vendor-Specific Objective Evidence (VSOE): A method for determining the individual value of each item within a contract in order to recognize partial revenue before the entire contract is fulfilled.