specific gravity
— Noun
– English
～ the density of a substance relative to the density of water
specific
— Noun
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～ a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease; "quinine is a specific for malaria"
specific performance
— Noun
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～ the performance of a legal contract as specified by its terms
specific heat
— Noun
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～ the heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance one degree centigrade
specific
— Noun
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～ a fact about some part (as opposed to general); "he always reasons from the particular to the general"
specific
— Adjective
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～ stated explicitly or in detail; "needed a specific amount"
specific
— Adjective
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～ being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides; "quinine is highly specific for malaria"; "a specific remedy"; "a specific stain is one having a specific affinity for particular structural elements"
specific
— Adjective
– English
～ relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species; "specific characters"
specific
— Adjective
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～ (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique; "rules with specific application"; "demands specific to the job"; "a specific and detailed account of the accident"
specifically
— Adverb
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～ in distinction from others; "a program specifically for teenagers"; "he is interested specifically in poisonous snakes"
specification
— Noun
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～ a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work
specification
— Noun
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～ a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement
specification
— Noun
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～ (patent law) a document drawn up by the applicant for a patent of invention that provides an explicit and detailed description of the nature and use of an invention
specificity
— Noun
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～ the quality of being specific rather than general; "add a desirable note of specificity to the discussion"; "the specificity of the symptoms of the disease"
specificity
— Noun
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～ the quality of being specific to a particular organism; "host specificity of a parasite"
specified
— Adjective
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～ clearly and explicitly stated; "meals are at specified times"
specifier
— Noun
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～ someone who draws up specifications giving details (as for obtaining a patent)
specify
— Verb
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～ decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"
specify
— Verb
– English
～ define clearly; "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game"