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Meaning of specific

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  specific
      adj 1: (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized
             by or distinguishing something particular or special or
             unique; "rules with specific application"; "demands
             specific to the job"; "a specific and detailed account of
             the accident" [ant: {general}, {nonspecific}]
      2: stated explicitly or in detail; "needed a specific amount"
      3: relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic
         species; "specific characters"
      4: being or affecting a disease produced by a particular
         microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used
         in making microscope slides; "quinine is highly specific for
         malaria"; "a specific remedy"; "a specific stain is one
         having a specific affinity for particular structural
         elements" [ant: {nonspecific}]
      n 1: a fact about some part (as opposed to general); "he always
           reasons from the particular to the general" [syn:
           {particular}, {specific}] [ant: {general}]
      2: a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific
         disease; "quinine is a specific for malaria"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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