specificity
IPA: spɛsʌfˈɪsʌti
noun
- The state of being specific rather than general.
- The extent to which a characteristic is specific to a given person, place, or thing; thus:
- (statistics) The probability, in a binary classification test, of a true negative being correctly identified.
- (medicine) The extent to which a particular diagnostic test is specific for, or a symptom or sign is specific to, a given condition.
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Examples of "specificity" in Sentences
- Sakmann discovered how this specificity is accomplished.
- It is appreciated, especially the specificity of the comments.
- And there's the brilliant way to explain specificity numbers with Stormtroopers and Emperors:
- Wigfield, Guthrie, Tonks, & Perencevich (2004) wrote about “the nature and domain specificity of reading motivation.”
- I agree that gender-specificity is a narrowing, and I think that your hypothesis of 'not in front of the ...' is useful.
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