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What does specific mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word specific? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. explicit or definite
  2. (sciences) Pertaining to a species.
  3. (taxonomy) pertaining to a taxon at the rank of species
  4. special, distinctive or unique
  5. intended for, or applying to a particular thing
  6. being a remedy for a particular disease
  7. (immunology) limited to a particular antibody or antigen
  8. (physics) of a value divided by mass (e.g. specific orbital energy)
  9. (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)
  10. (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)
Noun
  1. A distinguishing attribute or quality.
  2. A specific remedy.
  3. Specification
  4. (plural) The details; particulars.
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