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adjective
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having a special application, bearing, or reference; specifying, explicit, or definite: to state one's specific purpose.
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specified, precise, or particular: a specific sum of money.
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peculiar or proper to somebody or something, as qualities, characteristics, effects, etc.: His specific problems got him into trouble.
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of a special or particular kind.
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EXPANDconcerned specifically with the item or subject named (used in combination): The Secretary addressed himself to crop-specific problems.
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Biology. of or pertaining to a species: specific characters.
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Medicine/Medical.
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(of a disease) produced by a special cause or infection.
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(of a remedy) having special effect in the prevention or cure of a certain disease.
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Immunology. (of an antibody or antigen) having a particular effect on only one antibody or antigen or affecting it in only one way.
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Commerce. noting customs or duties levied in fixed amounts per unit, as number, weight, or volume.
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COLLAPSEPhysics.
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designating a physical constant that, for a particular substance, is expressed as the ratio of the quantity in the substance to the quantity in an equal volume of a standard substance, as water or air.
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designating a physical constant that expresses a property or effect as a quantity per unit length, area, volume, or mass.
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something specific, as a statement, quality, detail, etc.
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Specifically
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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- She set out to test this, and specifically to find out whether gestures might be used as an aid to children's learning.
- The loss ratio promises to generate debate, as federal officials specifically invited comments on it.
- There's more to figure skating than spandex and sequins, specifically physics.
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