specific
/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/
noun/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/
/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/
Meaning
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Meaning 1 · noun
A distinguishing attribute or quality.
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Meaning 2 · noun
A remedy for a specific disease or condition.
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Meaning 3 · noun
Specification
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Meaning 4 · noun
(in the plural) The details; particulars.
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Meaning 5 · adjective
Explicit or definite
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Meaning 6 · adjective
Pertaining to a species.
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Meaning 7 · adjective
Pertaining to a taxon at the rank of species
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Meaning 8 · adjective
Special, distinctive or unique
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Meaning 9 · adjective
Intended for, or applying to, a particular thing
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Meaning 10 · adjective
Serving to identify a particular thing (often a disease or condition), with little risk of mistaking something else for it.
“a highly specific test, specific and nonspecific symptoms”
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Meaning 11 · adjective
Being a remedy for a particular disease
“Quinine is a specific medicine in cases of malaria.”
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Meaning 12 · adjective
Limited to a particular antibody or antigen
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Meaning 13 · adjective
Of a value divided by mass (e.g. specific orbital energy)
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Meaning 14 · adjective
Similarly referring to a value divided by any measure which acts to standardize it (e.g. thrust specific fuel consumption, referring to fuel consumption divided by thrust)
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Meaning 15 · adjective
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)
How this word is used
- General “a highly specific test, specific and nonspecific symptoms”
- General “Quinine is a specific medicine in cases of malaria.”
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