specification

[ UK /spˌɛsɪfɪkˈe‍ɪʃən/ ]
[ US /ˌspɛsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement
  2. a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work
  3. (patent law) a document drawn up by the applicant for a patent of invention that provides an explicit and detailed description of the nature and use of an invention
  4. naming explicitly
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How To Use specification In A Sentence

  • Have a design idea ready with exact specifications about the piece that you want.
  • The aircraft have to meet the strict specifications laid down by the FAA.
  • He is like the showy orchis, or the lady's-slipper, or the shooting star among plants, -- a stranger to all but the few; and when an American poet says cuckoo, he must say it with such specifications as to leave no doubt what cuckoo he means, as Lowell does in his "Nightingale in the Study:" -- The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton
  • Constructed to an exceptionally high specification and standard, they have associated mechanical and electrical engineering services.
  • He offers an impressive specification of the role that disgust plays in Freud's evolutionary theory of repression.
  • The first uses what AirTight now alternately refers to as a "vulnerability" or a "limitation" in the 802.11 specification: a shared encryption key called the group temporal key (GTK), shared by all clients connected to the same access point, can't detect an address spoofing attempt (the pairwise keys, which are used to scramble data between a given client and the access point, can). AirTight defends Wi-Fi WPA2 'vulnerability' claim
  • Certainly not establishing any huge steps forward for the aeronautical field, the specification called for a robust aircraft that could operate from the catapults being carried by the battleships and cruisers of the day.
  • The second phase consists of transcribing these specifications into machine code microprograms and proving the ‘equivalence’ between the formal specifications and the machine microcodes.
  • Each vehicle can be equipped according to your specifications.
  • With the recruitment process still running, the job specification for the role was suddenly downgraded two weeks ago to remove any responsibility for the senior England team. Times, Sunday Times
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