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English

Pronunciation

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Adjective

  1. explicit or definite
  2. of, or relating to a species
  3. pertaining to a taxon at the rank of species
  4. special, distinctive or unique
  5. intended for, or applying to a particular thing
  6. being a remedy for a particular disease
  7. (immunology) being limited to a particular antibody or antigen
  8. a value divided by the mass (e.g. specific volume)


Translations

  • Hungarian: ,
  • Italian:
  • Japanese: 特殊な (とくしゅな, tokushu na)
  • Korean: 특정한 (teukjeonghan)
  • Portuguese:
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|конкретный|tr=konkrétnyj|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Spanish:
  • Swedish: specifik

Noun

specific (plural specifics)

  1. a remedy for a particular disorder
  2. a distinguishing attribute or quality


Derived terms


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Romanian

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA: [spe'ʧi.fik]

Adjective


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English specific \spe*cif"ic\ (sp[-e]*s[i^]f"[i^]k), a. [F.
sp['e]cifique, or NL. spesificus; L. species a particular
sort or kind + facere to make. Cf. specify.]
1. Of or pertaining to a species; characterizing or
constituting a species; possessing the peculiar property
or properties of a thing which constitute its species, and
distinguish it from other things; as, the specific form of
an animal or a plant; the specific qualities of a drug;
the specific distinction between virtue and vice.
[1913 Webster]

Specific difference is that primary attribute which
distinguishes each species from one another. --I.
Watts.
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2. Specifying; definite, or making definite; limited;
precise; discriminating; as, a specific statement.
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3. (Med.) Exerting a peculiar influence over any part of the
body; preventing or curing disease by a peculiar
adaptation, and not on general principles; as, quinine is
a specific medicine in cases of malaria.
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In fact, all medicines will be found specific in the
perfection of the science. --Coleridge.
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Specific character (Nat. Hist.), a characteristic or
characteristics distinguishing one species from every
other species of the same genus.

Specific disease (Med.)
(a) A disease which produces a determinate definite effect
upon the blood and tissues or upon some special
tissue.
(b) A disease which is itself uniformly produced by a
definite and peculiar poison or organism.

Specific duty. (Com.) See under Duty.

Specific gravity. (Physics) See under Gravity.

Specific heat (Physics), the quantity of heat required to
raise the temperature of a body one degree, taking as the
unit of measure the quantity required to raise the same
weight of water from zero to one degree; thus, the
specific heat of mercury is 0.033, that of water being
1.000.

Specific inductive capacity (Physics), the effect of a
dielectric body in producing static electric induction as
compared with that of some other body or bodies referred
to as a standard.

Specific legacy (Law), a bequest of a particular thing, as
of a particular animal or piece of furniture, specified
and distinguished from all others. --Wharton. --Burrill.

Specific name (Nat. Hist.), the name which, appended to the
name of the genus, constitutes the distinctive name of the
species; -- originally applied by Linnaeus to the
essential character of the species, or the essential
difference. The present specific name he at first called
the trivial name.

Specific performance (Law), the peformance of a contract or
agreement as decreed by a court of equity.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Specific \Spe*cif"ic\, n.
1. (Med.) A specific remedy. See Specific, a., 3.
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His parents were weak enough to believe that the
royal touch was a specific for this malady.
--Macaulay.
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2. Anything having peculiar adaption to the purpose to which
it is applied. --Dr. H. More.
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WordNet specific
adj 1: (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" [ant: general, nonspecific]
2: stated explicitly or in detail; "needed a specific amount"
3: relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic
species; "specific characters"
4: 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" [ant: nonspecific]
n 1: a fact about some part (as opposed to general); "he always
reasons from the particular to the general" [syn: particular]
[ant: general, general]
2: a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific
disease; "quinine is a specific for malaria"
Moby Dictionary
absolute , aid , alterative , analeptic , assistance , balm , balsam ,
categorical , certain , characteristic , circumscribed , circumscript ,
classificational , classificatory , clean-cut , clear-cut , concrete ,
corrective , cure , defined , defining , definite , definitive ,
delimited , demarcated , denominative , detailed , determinate ,
determined , different , differential , distinct , distinctive ,
distinguished , divisional , divisionary , encircled , esoteric ,
especial , established , exact , exceptional , explicit , express ,
extraordinary , finicky , fixed , full , fussy , healing agent ,
healing quality , hedged about , help , indicated , individual , inner ,
intimate , limited , meticulous , minute , nice , noteworthy , ordinal ,
particular , peculiar , personal , picayune , precise , predetermined ,
prescription , private , proper to , receipt , recipe , relief ,
remedial measure , remedy , reserved , respective , restorative ,
restricted , set , several , singular , solipsistic , sovereign remedy ,
special , specialized , specific remedy , specified , stated ,
subdivisional , succor , sui generis , surrounded , taxonomic ,
the concrete , the individual , the particular , the special ,
the specific , the unique , typal , typical , unambiguous , unequivocal ,
well-defined


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