- specific
- specific [spə sif′ik]adj.[LL specificus < L species (see SPECIES) + -ficus,-FIC]1. limiting or limited; specifying or specified; precise; definite; explicit [no specific plans]2. of or constituting a species3. peculiar to or characteristic of something [specific traits]4. of a special, or particular, sort or kind5. Med.a) specially indicated as a cure for a particular disease [a specific remedy]b) produced by a particular microorganism [a specific disease]6. Physics designating a certain constant characteristic of a substance or phenomenon measured against some arbitrary, fixed standard of reference or expressed as an amount per unit area, unit volume, etc.: Also Rare specificaln.1. something specially suited for a given use or purpose2. a specific cure or remedy3. a distinct item or detail; particularSYN.- EXPLICIT, SPECIALspecificallyadv.
English World dictionary. V. Neufeldt. 2014.