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specific humidity vs. relative humidity

noun
  1. the ratio of the mass of water vapor in air to the total mass of the mixture of air and water vapor.
noun
  1. the amount of water vapor in the air, expressed as a percentage of the maximum amount that the air could hold at the given temperature; the ratio of the actual water vapor pressure to the saturation vapor pressure. Abbreviations: RH, rh