suited to a particular use or purpose; limited, peculiar to; special, unique; precise, definite, particular; of or pertaining to a species (Biology)
something specific, something suited to a particular use or purpose; medical remedy suited to a particular illness or disorder
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Specific Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
A specific remedy. See Specific, a., 3.
A specific remedy. See Specific, a., 3.
(a.)
Specifying; definite, or making definite; limited; precise; discriminating; as, a specific statement.
Specifying; definite, or making definite; limited; precise; discriminating; as, a specific statement.
(a.)
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.
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.
(a.)
Exerting a peculiar influence over any part of the body; preventing or curing disease by a peculiar adaption, and not on general principles; as, quinine is a specific medicine in cases of malaria.
Exerting a peculiar influence over any part of the body; preventing or curing disease by a peculiar adaption, and not on general principles; as, quinine is a specific medicine in cases of malaria.
(a.)
Anything having peculiar adaption to the purpose to which it is applied.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutAnything having peculiar adaption to the purpose to which it is applied.
specific gravity
specific volume
with specific intentions
specific heat
specific duty
specific heat of a substance
Penodol = a. particular, especial; definite, specific
Rhi = n. what is specific; a chief
Noun
1. a fact about some part (as opposed to general); "he always reasons from the particular to the general"
(synonym) particular
(antonym) general
(hypernym) fact
2. a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease; "quinine is a specific for malaria"
(hypernym) medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug
Adjective
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"
(antonym) general
(similar) ad hoc
(see-also) precise
(attribute) generality
2. stated explicitly or in detail; "needed a specific amount"
(similar) specified
3. relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species; "specific characters"
(pertainym) species
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"
(antonym) nonspecific
(classification) medicine, medical specialty
Specific Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Specific may refer to:
- Specificity (disambiguation)
- Specific, a cure or therapy for a specific illness
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Specificity may refer to:
- Being specific (disambiguation)
- Specificity (statistics), the proportion of negatives in a binary classification test which are correctly identified
- Definiteness, in linguistics, whether the referent of a noun phrase in a given context is identifiable
- Particular, as opposed to abstract, in philosophy
- Asset specificity, the extent to which the investments made to support a particular transaction have a higher value to that transaction than they would have if they were redeployed for any other purpose
- Domain specificity, theory that many aspects of cognition are supported by specialized, presumably evolutionarily specified, learning devices
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Specific Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
DUTY, SPECIFIC - Assessment on the weight or quantity of an article without preference to its monetary value or market price.
Courtesy of the 'Lectric Law Library.Specific Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
The thumb and index finger of each hand, palms facing, the right above the left, form circles. They are brought together with a deliberate movement, so that the fingers and thumb now touch. Sometimes the right hand, before coming together with the left, executes a slow clockwise circle above the left.
