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Definition of Specific

Specific
Specific Spe*cif"ic, n. 1. (Med.) A specific remedy. See Specific, a., 3. His parents were weak enough to believe that the royal touch was a specific for this malady. --Macaulay. 2. Anything having peculiar adaption to the purpose to which it is applied. --Dr. H. More.

Meaning of Specific from wikipedia

- Specific may refer to: Specificity (disambiguation) Specific, a cure or therapy for a specific illness Specific deterrence, focussed on an individual...
- Specificity may refer to: Being specific (disambiguation) Specificity (statistics), the proportion of negatives in a binary cl****ification test which...
- Specific gravity is the ratio of the density of a substance to the density of a reference substance; equivalently, it is the ratio of the m**** of a substance...
- Specific impulse (usually abbreviated Isp) is a measure of how effectively a rocket uses propellant or a jet engine uses fuel. By definition, it is the...
- The specific weight (also known as the unit weight) is the weight per unit volume of a material. The symbol of specific weight is γ (the Gr**** letter...
- In thermodynamics, the specific volume of a substance is the ratio of the substance's volume to its m****. It is the reciprocal of density and an intrinsic...
- amount (SI unit: mole) of a pure substance, and the specific heat capacity, often called simply specific heat, is the heat capacity per unit m**** of a material...
- Product Engineering Centre for Innovative Functional Industrial Coatings (SPECIFIC) is an academic and industrial consortium led by Swansea University, with...
- In chemistry, specific rotation ([α]) is a property of a chiral chemical compound. It is defined as the change in orientation of monochromatic plane-polarized...
- Specific gravity, in the context of clinical pathology, is a urinalysis parameter commonly used in the evaluation of kidney function and can aid in the...
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