English-Dutch translations for specific

• bepaald
  Wie bepaalt wat voor bepaalde gevallen dat zijn? Who defines these specific issues?
  Kunt u zich bepaalde sancties voorstellen? Can you imagine specific sanctions?
  Er zijn bepaalde klachten geuit. There were some specific complaints.
• soortelijk
  Dat betekent dat het soortelijk gewicht van de delegatieleiders, rekening houdend met de grote bedragen die zij moeten verdelen, groter is dan dat van de ambassadeurs van de lidstaten. This means that their specific importance in many cases, given the significant quantities they have to distribute, is greater than that of the ambassadors and of the Member States.
• specifiek
  Dat is een zeer specifieke vraag. That is a very specific question.
  Het gaat hier om specifieke problemen die een specifieke behandeling vereisen. These are specific issues that call for specific treatment.
  Mevrouw Lulling stelde een hele specifieke vraag. Mrs Lulling asked a very specific question.

Definition of specific

• explicit or definite
• pertaining to a taxon at the rank of species
• intended for, or applying to, a particular thing
• being a remedy for a particular disease
• limited to a particular antibody or antigen
• similarly referring to a value divided by any measure which acts to standardize it (e.g. thrust specific fuel consumption, referring to fuel consumption divided by thrust
• A distinguishing attribute or quality
• Specification

Examples

• a highly specific test, specific and nonspecific symptoms
• Quinine is a specific medicine in cases of malaria.

Related words

• specifically
• specificity
• intraspecific
• specifics
• specification
• specifications
• conspecific
• heterospecific
• monospecific