English-Swedish translations for specific

• specifik
  Ordalydelsen är däremot alltför specifik.However, the wording is too specific.
  Detta är en mycket specifik fråga.That is a very specific question.
  Vi måste gå längre än att bara utarbeta en specifik analys.We must go further than specific analysis.
• särskild
  Det har en särskild social roll.It has a specific social role.
  Montenegro är en särskild fråga.Montenegro is a specific issue.
  Vi upplever en särskild kris inom idrotten.We are going through a specific crisis in sport.
• speciell
  Detta är en mycket speciell situation.This is a very specific situation.
  Hälsovård är när allt kommer omkring en speciell sektor som kräver en speciell strategi.Healthcare is after all a specific sector requiring a specific approach.
  Ja, den europeiska vinodlingen är verkligen speciell.Wine-growing in Europe is indeed very specific.

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