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   specification

   /ˌspɛsɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. an act of identifying something precisely or of stating a precise requirement: "give a full specification of the job advertised" Similar statementstatingnamingidentificationdefinitiondefiningdescribingdescriptionsetting outsetting downframingitemizingdesignationdesignatingdetailinglistingspelling outenumerationenumeratingparticularizingcataloguingcitinginstancingstipulatingstipulationprescribingprescriptioncommandingordainingrare:individuation
   • 2. a detailed description of the design and materials used to make something: "one of the telescope's mirrors had been manufactured to incorrect specifications" Similar instructionsstipulationsrequirementsconditionsprovisionsrestrictionsprovisosguidelinesparametersorderdescriptiondetailsdelineation
   • ▪ a standard of workmanship or materials required to be met in a piece of work: "everything was built to a higher specification"
   • ▪ a description of an invention accompanying an application for a patent.

   Word Origin late 16th century: from medieval Latin specificatio(n-), from late Latin specificare (see specify).

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