English-Spanish translations for specific

• específico
  Hay demasiados puntos específicos. There are many specific points.
  Mi partido es específico de Córcega. My party is specific to Corsica.
  Programa específico de investigación y desarrollo tecnológico Specific technological R & D programme

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