Specific

//spɪˈsɪf.ɪk// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Explicit or definite.

    "While some participants, like Gabi and Jasmine, had access to a gym but still felt uncertain about using specific types of equipment, others who trained at home faced even greater challenges due to the absence of both a coach and proper equipment."

  2. 2
    Pertaining to a species, as a taxon or taxa at the rank of species.

    "Holonyms: generic, familial"

  3. 3
    Special, distinctive or unique. in-compounds, sometimes

    "A psychologist told WJLA TV that, for the most part, this isn’t a Cocomelon-specific issue. The main issue is too much screen time and children's shows with fast-paced sequences."

  4. 4
    intended for, or applying to, a particular thing.
  5. 5
    Serving to identify a particular thing (often a disease or condition), with little risk of mistaking something else for it.

    "a highly specific test    specific and nonspecific symptoms"

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  1. 6
    Being a remedy for a particular disease on a deeper level, rather than just masking the symptoms

    "Quinine is a specific medicine in cases of malaria."

  2. 7
    Limited to a particular antibody or antigen.
  3. 8
    Of a value divided by mass (e.g. specific orbital energy).
  4. 9
    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)
  5. 10
    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).
Adjective
  1. 1
    stated explicitly or in detail wordnet
  2. 2
    (sometimes followed by ‘to’) applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique wordnet
  3. 3
    being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides wordnet
  4. 4
    relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A distinguishing attribute or quality.
  2. 2
    a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease wordnet
  3. 3
    A remedy for a specific disease or condition.

    "Change of scene, and a new lover, are infallible specifics, always supposing there is no character for constancy to be supported: if I witness the violent sorrow of to-day, I impose upon to-morrow the necessity of being sorry also."

  4. 4
    a fact about some part (as opposed to general) wordnet
  5. 5
    Specification
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  1. 6
    The details; particulars. in-plural
  2. 7
    The distinguishing part of a toponym.

    "With the exception of names of pan-Canadian significance and some alternate forms approved by provincial authorities, the specific is not translated."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Old French specifique, from Late Latin specificus (“specific, particular”), from Latin speciēs (“kind”) + -ific.

Etymology 2

From Old French specifique, from Late Latin specificus (“specific, particular”), from Latin speciēs (“kind”) + -ific.

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