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Word: specific (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • being a remedy for a particular disease
  • explicit or definite
  • immunology limited to a particular antibody or antigen
  • intended for, or applying to a particular thing
  • of, or relating to a species
  • 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)
  • physics 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)
  • special, distinctive or unique
  • taxonomy pertaining to a taxon at the rank of species

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Noun:

  • A distinguishing attribute or quality.
  • in plural The details; particulars.
  • Something particularly adapted for a particular use, as a remedy for a particular disorder
  • Specification

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