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UK
/spəsˈɪfɪk/
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[ US /spəˈsɪfɪk, spɪˈsɪfɪk/ ]
[ US /spəˈsɪfɪk, spɪˈsɪfɪk/ ]
NOUN
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a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease
quinine is a specific for malaria -
a fact about some part (as opposed to general)
he always reasons from the particular to the general
ADJECTIVE
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stated explicitly or in detail
needed a specific amount -
relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species
specific characters -
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 -
(sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique
a specific and detailed account of the accident
rules with specific application
demands specific to the job
How To Use specific In A Sentence
- The terrestrial planets in our solar system all have very specific spectroscopic fingerprints that tell us quite a bit about their atmospheres.
- When I looked at the chart a second time, I saw that there was a lot Michael had left out of his personal history; specifically, IVDU—intravenous drug use—dating back ten years, and a major depression that had led to a psychiatric hospitalization and ECT, electroconvulsive therapy. After the Diagnosis
- The details aren't specific, and feel a little kludged.
- I seems like his stance is the same, he has just tinkered a bit with the numbers and specifics. Obama Pulls Back on Social Security Plan - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
- Reliable statewide estimates of the specific offense distribution of California's probationers are not available.
- Ajmal Aqtash, writes that, "The exhibition traces the evolution of Lalvani's genomic art as filtered through two major series, AlgoRhythms ™ and XURF ™, each exploring Lalvani's principal concern with the relationship between genetic codes and sculptural creation, and more specifically, between" genomics "- sculpture derived from formal rules, and" epigenomics "- works created through external agents like forces, respectively. Steven Mesler: Form Follows Force: Haresh Lalvani
- The authors of the second paper admit that “other variables … influence the binding avidity (preference), such as type of SA (sialic acid of the receptor site) and glycosylation and sialylation of the hemagglutinin close to the receptor binding site. †These factors all vary obviously and there are other variables in the equation as well including the status of specific areas of the immune system. Think Progress » An Inconvenient Truth and An Intolerable Summer
- Nectarines exhibit different reactions to specific insect attacks and fungal infections than do peaches.
- Except as noted below, data on all cause and cause specific child and infant mortality and of age distribution of child and infant mortality were regional estimates or other aggregates.
- The BBC have announced (in 'Removing Microformats from bbc. co.uk/programmes') that they'll stop using the hCalendar microformat because of concerns about accessibility, specifically the use of the HTML abbreviation element (the abbr tag): Archive 2008-06-01
