spec
IPA: spˈɛk
noun
- A species designated as of conservation concern according to this classification scheme.
- (colloquial) Clipping of specification. [An explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service.]
- (colloquial) Clipping of speculation. [(obsolete) The faculty of sight.]
- Clipping of specialization. [The act or process of specializing.]
- Clipping of specialist. [Someone who is an expert in, or devoted to, some specific branch of study or research.]
- Clipping of special. [A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered.]
- Clipping of spectrum. [A range; a continuous, infinite, one-dimensional set, possibly bounded by extremes.]
- (linguistics) Abbreviation of specifier. [A person or thing that specifies.]
- (linguistics) Clipping of specifier. [A person or thing that specifies.]
- (Australia, Australian rules football, informal) Clipping of spectacular mark. (a type of catch in Australian rules football). [(Australian rules football) A mark (or catch) that typically involves a player jumping up on the back of another player.]
- (conservation) Initialism of Species of European Conservation Concern.
verb
- (transitive) To specify, especially in a formal specification document.
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Examples of "spec" in Sentences
- All the specs are widely available.
- And 4GB cards are defined in the spec.
- Other uses of spec are described at Spec.
- As for the laptop itsself, watch the specs.
- There are no writers spec or scientists spec.
- Currently, there are no other specs for the car.
- As to this being about the specs, I'm fine with specs.
- As for the sub, if it meets the specs it will be paid for.
- I will rewrite the article to a more exacting, encyclopaedic spec.
- Crafty is one of the programs included in the SPEC CPU benchmark test.
- For those who don't know what "on spec" means: spec is short for "speculation".
- He reminded us that Cannondale had several models of the CAAD9 ranging in spec from Dura-Ace to 105.
- I was working on the thinning space problem, and had the test rig up and operating within spec when that dropped out of thin air onto the counter.
- = User. find (session [: user_id]) @user. spec | | = Spec. new @spec = @user. spec end We've also created a spec instance variable for use in the hub view.
- We're taking one of the floors and we're out what we call spec suites, and I think some other companies call as build suites, which is a product that is very attractive in Santa Monica.
- 274 Chapter 9: Personal profiles @response = ActionController:: TestResponse. new @user = users (: valid_user) @spec = specs (: valid_spec) end ... def test_edit_success authorize @user post: edit,: spec = >
- Spec. new @spec = @user. spec @user. faq | | = Faq. new @faq = @user. faq end The two-variable definition pattern evident in this action is quite common, and each one can be condensed into one line as follows:
- We've seen before how we can access a spec through a user using an expression such as user. spec; here we see the complementary ability to access a user through a spec with spec. user.id.6 One other aspect of test_edit_success deserves note: The authorize function, which previously lived in the User controller test (Section 6.3.2), has been moved to the test helper so that it can be used by multiple controllers: 5 Recall that assigns looks for an instance variable in the corresponding action, so assigns (: spec) looks for @spec in the action.