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specification

/ˌspɛsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

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What does specification mean?

noun

  1. An explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service.
  2. An act of specifying.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˌspɛsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

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A careful specification of the masonry work was drawn up, and the contract was let to Messrs.
Samuel SmilesThe Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer With an Introductory History of Roads and Travelling in Great BritainProject Gutenberg ebook #939
No single specification of cruelty was ever alleged against the fair fame of Francis Marion.
William Gilmore SimmsThe Life of Francis MarionProject Gutenberg ebook #843
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The specification of this really remarkable structure may be taken from M. Nadar's own description.
John M. (John Mackenzie) BaconThe Dominion of the Air: The Story of Aerial NavigationProject Gutenberg ebook #861
He turned up his nose if a toy were not perfection, and he had to have his food prepared according to specification or his appetite vanished.
Abraham MyersonThe Foundations of PersonalityProject Gutenberg ebook #1575
As regards medical science, we have the Berlin papyrus, which, although of a later period, refers with careful specification to a medical literature of the first dynasty.
Andrew Dickson WhiteHistory of the Warfare of Science with Theology in ChristendomProject Gutenberg ebook #505