Specific

Adjective

 * 1) explicit or definite
 * of, or relating to a species
 * 1)  pertaining to a taxon at the rank of species
 * 2) special, distinctive or unique
 * 3) intended for, or applying to a particular thing
 * 4) being a remedy for a particular disease
 * 5)  limited to a particular antibody or antigen
 * 6)  a value divided by mass (e.g. specific orbital energy)
 * 7)  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)
 * 8)  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)

Antonyms

 * all-purpose
 * broad
 * general
 * general-purpose
 * generic
 * gross
 * nonspecific
 * overall
 * pandemic
 * universal
 * unspecific
 * widespread

Derived terms

 * conspecific
 * gender-specific
 * infraspecific
 * interspecific
 * intraspecific
 * nonspecific
 * prostate-specific antigen
 * species-specific
 * specific charge


 * specific energy
 * specific epithet
 * specific fuel consumption
 * specific name
 * specific power
 * specific gravity
 * specific heat
 * specific impulse
 * specific performance
 * specific resistance
 * specific thrust
 * specificity

Noun

 * 1) A distinguishing attribute or quality.
 * 2) Something particularly adapted for a particular use, as a remedy for a particular disorder
 * 3) Specification
 * 4)  The details; particulars.

Adverbs for Specific
highly; helpfully; particularly; accurately; singularly; intimately; markedly; appropriately; typically; usually; uncommonly; satisfactorily; duly; conveniently; pertinently; advantageously; especially; minutely; sufficiently; conclusively; opportunely.

Thesaurus
absolute, aid, alterative, analeptic, assistance, balm, balsam, categorical, certain, characteristic, circumscribed, circumscript, classificational, classificatory, clean-cut, clear-cut, concrete, corrective, cure, defined, defining, definite, definitive, delimited, demarcated, denominative, detailed, determinate, determined, different, differential, distinct, distinctive, distinguished, divisional, divisionary, encircled, esoteric, especial, established, exact, exceptional, explicit, express, extraordinary, finicky, fixed, full, fussy, healing agent, healing quality, hedged about, help, indicated, individual, inner, intimate, limited, meticulous, minute, nice, noteworthy, ordinal, particular, peculiar, personal, picayune, precise, predetermined, prescription, private, proper to, receipt, recipe, relief, remedial measure, remedy, reserved, respective, restorative, restricted, set, several, singular, solipsistic, sovereign remedy, special, specialized, specific remedy, specified, stated, subdivisional, succor, sui generis, surrounded, taxonomic, the concrete, the individual, the particular, the special, the specific, the unique, typal, typical, unambiguous, unequivocal, well-defined

Etymology
From specifique: <  specificus: <  species: + -ficus: < facere:.

Adjective

 * Czech: konkrétní
 * Estonian:


 * Russian: явный
 * Welsh: penodol


 * Russian:


 * Czech: specifický


 * Estonian: eriline


 * Czech: specifický


 * Estonian: omane


 * Czech: specifický
 * Estonian: eri-


 * Finnish: ominais-


 * Czech: relativní


 * Arabic:
 * Catalan: específic
 * Chinese: 特定的 (tèdìng de)
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: tietty (1), spesifinen (1)
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek: ειδοποιός (ethopiós)


 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 特殊な (とくしゅな, tokushu na)
 * Korean: 특정한 (teukjeonghan)
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: specifik

Etymology
spécifique: