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Specific

noun
/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/
Word Frequency: 140.4

Definitions

1.nounA distinguishing attribute or quality.
2.nounA remedy for a specific disease or condition.
3.nounSpecification
4.noun(in the plural) The details; particulars.
5.adjectiveExplicit or definite
6.adjectivePertaining to a species.
7.adjectivePertaining to a taxon at the rank of species
8.adjectiveSpecial, distinctive or unique
9.adjectiveIntended for, or applying to, a particular thing
10.adjectiveServing 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"
11.adjectiveBeing a remedy for a particular disease
"Quinine is a specific medicine in cases of malaria."
12.adjectiveLimited to a particular antibody or antigen
13.adjectiveOf a value divided by mass (e.g. specific orbital energy)
14.adjectiveSimilarly 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)
15.adjectiveA 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)

Synonyms

expressmonosemousunambiguouspeculiarsingularspecifiedspecialparticularcircumstantialproperuniquelimited

Antonyms

broadgeneralgenericuniversalnonspecificunspecific

Rhymes With

terrificprolifichorrificscientifichonorifichieroglyphicintraspecificnonspecific
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