specific
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- adjective
- /spəˈsɪfɪk/
- Specialized
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específico
- Indeed, studies have found that today's best dancers all share the two specific genes associated with excellent interpersonal skills.
- species-specific
So if this is human specific, when I mean, what's the evolution of this?
- So if this is human specific, when I mean, what's the evolution of this?
Examples
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It's like a heat signature specific to their species.
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Most are created to counteract the toxins of a specific species.
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Why were all these young people dying from cancer, and a specific cancer at that?
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Forms would have to be changed from male, female and other, to species specific.
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Look, Mr. Robinson, you want women of a specific type.
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So if this is human specific, when I mean, what's the evolution of this?
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It was whatever species they chose to take with them to a specific world.
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Land use changes during the past century have correspondingly modified the abundance of specific alien species.
Academic text (1991) -
A partial sequence of a cDNA molecule, usually unique and identifying a specific gene.
Academic text (2008) -
The study focused on a specific trait that distinguishes this species from others in its genus.
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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5.7
Amount of heat needed to raise one gram of a material by one degree Celsius
- Specialized
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5.1
A protein made by the prostate gland that doctors measure in blood to check for prostate problems like cancer
How Specific
Surface Forms
Etymology
Specific in biology comes from the Latin species 'kind' or 'type', so it describes traits that belong to one species. That's why 'specific' in science means about a particular species, not many kinds.