Found 3 items, similar to Specific.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: specific khusus
English → English (WordNet) Definition: specific specific adj 1: (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique; “rules with specific application”; “demands specific to the job”; “a specific and detailed account of the accident” [ant: general, nonspecific] 2: stated explicitly or in detail; “needed a specific amount” 3: relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species; “specific characters” 4: being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides; “quinine is highly specific for malaria”; “a specific remedy”; “a specific stain is one having a specific affinity for particular structural elements” [ant: nonspecific] specific n 1: a fact about some part (as opposed to general); “he always reasons from the particular to the general” [syn: particular] [ant: general, general] 2: a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease; “quinine is a specific for malaria”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Specific Specific \Spe*cif"ic\, n. 1. (Med.) A specific remedy. See Specific, a., 3. [1913 Webster] His parents were weak enough to believe that the royal touch was a specific for this malady. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. Anything having peculiar adaption to the purpose to which it is applied. --Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster]