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▸ adjective: (bioscience, taxonomy) pertaining to a species, as a taxon or taxa at the rank of species.
▸ adjective: (sometimes in combination) special, distinctive or unique.
▸ adjective: intended for, or applying to, a particular thing.
▸ adjective: Serving to identify a particular thing (often a disease or condition), with little risk of mistaking something else for it.
▸ adjective: being a remedy for a particular disease on a deeper level, rather than just masking the symptoms
▸ adjective: (immunology) limited to a particular antibody or antigen.
▸ adjective: (physics) of a value divided by mass (e.g. specific orbital energy)
▸ adjective: (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)
▸ adjective: (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: A distinguishing attribute or quality.
▸ noun: A remedy for a specific disease or condition.
▸ noun: Specification
▸ noun: (in the plural) The details; particulars.
▸ noun: (toponymy) The distinguishing part of a toponym.
▸ Also see specific
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