specific
noun
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A distinguishing attribute or quality.
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A remedy for a specific disease or condition.
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Specification
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(in the plural) The details; particulars.
adjective
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Explicit or definite
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Pertaining to a species.
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Pertaining to a taxon at the rank of species
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Special, distinctive or unique
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Intended for, or applying to, a particular thing
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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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Being a remedy for a particular disease
“Quinine is a specific medicine in cases of malaria.”
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Limited to a particular antibody or antigen
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Of a value divided by mass (e.g. specific orbital energy)
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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)
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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)
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