English to English
specific
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adjective (a)
- (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique(adj.all)Example:
Rules with specific application.
Demands specific to the job.
A specific and detailed account of the accident.
source: wordnet30 - relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species(adj.pert)Example:
Specific characters.
source: wordnet30 - being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides(adj.all)Example:
Quinine is highly specific for malaria.
A specific remedy.
A specific stain is one having a specific affinity for particular structural elements.
source: wordnet30 - 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.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- a fact about some part (as opposed to general)(noun.cognition)source: wordnet30
- a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease(noun.artifact)Example:
Quinine is a specific for malaria.
source: wordnet30 - A specific remedy. See Specific,
a. , 3.(noun)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
- stated explicitly or in detail(adj.all)Example:
Needed a specific amount.
source: wordnet30
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