specific
adjective
/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/
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/spɛkˈsi.fɪk/
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/spɪˈsɪf.ɪk/
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- Explicit or definite.
- (bioscience, taxonomy) Pertaining to a species, as a taxon or taxa at the rank of species.
- (sometimes in combination) Special, distinctive or unique.
- Serving to identify a particular thing (often a disease or condition), with little risk of mistaking something else for it.
- Being a remedy for a particular disease on a deeper level, rather than just masking the symptoms
- (physics) Of a value divided by mass (e.g. specific orbital energy).
- (physics) A measure compared with a standard reference value by division, to produce a ratio without unit or dimension (e.g. specific refractive index is a pure number, and is relative to that of air).
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specific
noun
/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/
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/spɛkˈsi.fɪk/
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- (toponymy) The distinguishing part of a toponym.
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specification
noun
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- An explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service.
- An act of specifying.
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specifically
adverb
/spəˈsɪf.ɪk.li/
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- For a specific purpose or reason.
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specificity
noun
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- The state of being specific rather than general.
- (statistics) The probability, in a binary classification test, of a true negative being correctly identified.
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