specific

== English == === Alternative forms === specifick (obsolete) === Etymology === From Old French specifique, from Late Latin specificus (“specific, particular”), from Latin speciēs (“kind”) + -ific. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /spɪˈsɪf.ɪk/ (General American, Canada, General Australian) IPA(key): /spɪˈsɪf.ɪk/, /spəˈsɪf.ɪk/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /spəˈsəf.ək/ (Hong Kong) IPA(key): /spɛkˈsi.fɪk/ (South Asia) IPA(key): /ˈspɛ.sɪ.fɪk/, /ˈspɛs.fɪk/ Hyphenation: spe‧cif‧ic Rhymes: -ɪfɪk === Adjective === specific (comparative more specific, superlative most specific) Explicit or definite. (bioscience, taxonomy) Pertaining to a species, as a taxon or taxa at the rank of species. Hyponyms: monospecific, multispecific, oligospecific, paucispecific Holonyms: generic, familial Meronyms: infrasubspecific, infraspecific, subspecific (sometimes in combination) Special, distinctive or unique. intended for, or applying to, a particular thing. 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 Being a remedy for a particular disease on a deeper level, rather than just masking the symptoms (immunology) Limited to a particular antibody or antigen. (physics) Of a value divided by mass (e.g. specific orbital energy). (physics) 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) (physics) 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). ==== Synonyms ==== (explicit, definite): express, monosemous, unambiguous; see also Thesaurus:explicit (special, distinctive or unique): singular; see also Thesaurus:unique (intended for a particular thing): peculiar, singular; see also Thesaurus:specific ==== Antonyms ==== unspecific, nonspecific (antonym(s) of “intended for a particular thing”): broad, general, generic, universal; see also Thesaurus:generic ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== generic === Noun === specific (plural specifics) A distinguishing attribute or quality. A remedy for a specific disease or condition. Specification (in the plural) The details; particulars. (toponymy) The distinguishing part of a toponym. Antonym: generic ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === “specific”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “specific”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “specific”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Romanian == === Alternative forms === спечифик (specific) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling === Etymology === Borrowed from French spécifique. By surface analysis, specie +‎ -ific. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /speˈt͡ʃi.fik/ Rhymes: -ifik Hyphenation: spe‧ci‧fic === Adjective === specific m or n (feminine singular specifică, masculine plural specifici, feminine/neuter plural specifice) specific Antonym: nespecific ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== specificitate === Further reading === “specific”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026