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The state of being specific rather than general.uncountableusually
- Congress must set a clear standard: Police should prove with specificity what's on your phone before forcing it open, and only after the device's owner has consulted with a lawyer. Doing so would provide citizens a means to ensure police fo
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The extent to which a characteristic is specific to a given person, place, or thing; thus:; The probability, in a binary classification test, of a true negative being correctly identified.uncountableusually
- Coordinate term: sensitivity
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The extent to which a characteristic is specific to a given person, place, or thing; thus:; The extent to which a particular diagnostic test is specific for, or a symptom or sign is specific to, a given condition.uncountableusually
syn. specificness · individuality · particularity · peculiarity · propriety · singularity · specialty · specificity
ant. nonspecificity · genericity