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specific (adjective), more specific, most specific
1. Relating to something that is clearly and exactly presented or stated: The teacher gave her students a specific topic to write about and not to come up with another subject that they might prefer.
2. Pertaining to particular people or situations: The counselor was presenting an educational plan which was specific for students who were planning to go to a university, or college, after they have graduated from high school.
Clearly and in exact terms; not vague.
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mania-, -mania, -maniac, -maniacal, -manic, -manically, -maniacally
(Greek: a specific mental disorder or obsessive preoccupation with something; madness, frenzy; obsession, or abnormal desire for or with something or someone; also, an excessive enthusiasm or fondness for something that is not safe or advantageous)
organo-, organ-
(Greek: an organized structure; pertaining to a specific bodily part with a specific function or set of functions; instrument, tool, implement)
veget-, vege-
(Latin: animating, enlivening; vigorous, vigor, active; to be alive, activity, to quicken; then a quickening action of growing; a specific sense of "plant cultivated for food, edible herb, or root" is first recorded in 1767; the differences between the meanings from its original links with "life, liveliness" was completed in the early twentieth century, when vegetable came to be used for an "inactive person".)
Word Entries containing the term: “specific”
electrical conductivity, specific conductance
1. The ratio of the electric current density to the electric field in a material.
2. The ability of a material to conduct electricity.

Metals are usually good conductors and nonmetals are poor conductors.

3. The measure of a material's ability to carry an electric current.

An electric conductor is a material that, when placed between terminals having a difference of electrical potential, will readily permit the passage of an electric current.

Different materials have different degrees of conductivity, and their effectiveness is computed as the conductivity.

The best conductors are the metals; such as, silver, copper, aluminum, platinum, and mercury; however, nonmetallic substances: such as, carbon, saline solutions, and moist earth are also sufficiently conductive so that such properties are significant in certain situations.

Because of their cost and conductivity characteristics, copper and aluminum are widely used as conductors.

Copper is used more often than aluminum and its use is preferred for high-voltage transmission than aluminum, because of its lighter weight is a definite advantage.

Steel as a conductor is inferior to the other two materials mentioned; however its greater strength and resistance to wear have led to its choice as a conductor for special purposes; such as, that of power rail services on electrified railways, and as an inner core of copper or aluminum cables.

This entry is located in the following unit: electro-, electr-, electri- (page 17)
electronic specific heat
1. The specific heat contributed by the motion of conduction electrons in a conductor.
2. A contribution to the specific heat of a metal from the motion of conduction electrons.
This entry is located in the following unit: electro-, electr-, electri- (page 68)
ionization coefficient, specific ionization
The number of ion pairs formed per unit distance along the track of an ion passing through matter.
This entry is located in the following units: -ation, -ization (-iz[e] + -ation); -isation (British spelling variation) (page 57) ion, ion- + (page 6)
specific examples
This entry is located in the following unit: Pleonasms or Tautological Redundancies (page 21)
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specific, more specific, most specific
A reference to something that is clearly and exactly presented or stated. (1)
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case-specific pretrial publicity
Direct familiarity with actual events that transpired in particular cases where people are to serve as jurors; such as, those seen on videotape showing the actual crime being committed.
This entry is located in the following unit: Criminal Court Words or Judicial Terms + (page 6)