specific

IPA: spʌsˈɪfɪk

noun

  • A distinguishing attribute or quality.
  • A remedy for a specific disease or condition.
  • Specification
  • (in the plural) The details; particulars.

adjective

  • explicit or definite.
  • (bioscience, taxonomy) pertaining to a species, as a taxon or taxa at the rank of species.
  • special, distinctive or unique.
  • intended for, or applying to, a particular thing.
  • 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
  • (immunology) limited to a particular antibody or antigen.
  • (physics) of a value divided by mass (e.g. specific orbital energy)
  • (physics) 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)
  • (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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Examples of "specific" in Sentences

  • The specific context is the economics.
  • It is not the date of a specific issue.
  • The specification of the car was basic.
  • Try to be more specific and clear, if you can.
  • The specifics of adaptation are in the future.
  • The specification defines the inputs and outputs.
  • Specific details of Monteriano unfold in the course of the novel.
  • Why change terminology from the clear specific, to the hazy general
  • Arlo described this clip at great length and in impressively granular detail, at times recreating specific paw thrusts and parries.

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