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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
specific /spəˈsɪfɪk/
adjective
  • 1 clearly defined or identified.

    ■ precise and clear: when ordering goods be specific.

    ■ relating uniquely to a particular subject.

  • 2 Biology relating to or connected with species or a species.
  • 3 (of a duty or a tax) levied at a fixed rate per physical unit of the thing taxed, regardless of its price.
  • 4 Physics of or denoting a physical quantity expressed in terms of a unit mass, volume, or other measure, or calculated as a ratio to the corresponding value for a substance used as a reference.
noun
  • 1 (usu. specifics) a precise detail.
  • 2 chiefly dated a medicine used to treat a particular disease or part of the body.
– derivatives
specifically adverb,
specificity /ˌspɛsɪˈfɪsɪti/ noun,
specificness noun.
– origin C17: from late L. specificus, from L. species (see species).
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