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specificity

[spes-uh-fis-i-tee]

noun

  1. the quality or state of being specific.

  2. Biochemistry, Pharmacology.the selective attachment or influence of one substance on another, as an antibiotic and its target organism or an antibody and its specific antigen.



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Other 51Թ Forms

  • nonspecificity noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of specificity1

First recorded in 1875–80; specific + -ity
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In fact, there was no geographical specificity to it at all and no specific type of protest named in the memo.

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It’s not flashy, and it doesn’t call for anything exotic — just beef, salt, and pepper — but the specificity of it is almost architectural.

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The setting and main character’s lack of specificity might have been another box office damper at first.

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"Anyone with two eyes, ears and a brain can recognise that kind of firepower, with that specificity at that location and others is going to have a devastating effect," he said.

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We worked a lot through the specificity of what words he uses and what he actually says to explain and give hints for me as an actor.

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