Specific heat is the measure of mass per unit needed to warm up the area an entire degree of Celsius. This information is important when designing motors, or big pieces of machinery. You can find more information here: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hba...

The term specific heat refers to the heat that is required to raise the temperature of one gram of some liquid substance by one degree in the terms of centigrade. You can find more information here: http://www.neo.ne.gov/statshtml/glossary...