WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
specif′ic humid′ity, 
  1. Meteorologythe ratio of the mass of water vapor in air to the total mass of the mixture of air and water vapor. Cf. mixing ratio, absolute humidity, dew point, relative humidity. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
specific humidity
  1. the mass of water vapour in a sample of moist air divided by the mass of the sample
'specific humidity' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
absolute humidity - dew point - mixing ratio - relative humidity

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