1. precise: precise and detailed, avoiding vagueness specific instructions
2. relating to identified thing: acting on or relating to something identified or particularized The instructions are specific to this task.
3. distinctive: with individual qualities that allow a distinction to be made or make a distinction necessary discussing these specific problems
4. biology of biological species: relating to a biological species
5. med caused by particular infectious agent: describes a disease caused by a particular infectious agent
6. physics denoting physical property: used to indicate that a physical property is being expressed with reference to a particular quantity such as mass, volume, or length
7. commerce levied per unit: describes taxes or duties levied on a per-unit basis using number, weight, or volume
noun (pluralspe·cif·ics)
Definition:
detail: a precise quality or detail
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usually used in the plural
)
The report didn't go into specifics.
[Mid-17th century. < late Latin specificus "constituting a kind" < Latin species (see species)]
