English to English
adjective
- (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique
Rules with specific application.
Demands specific to the job.
A specific and detailed account of the accident.
source: WordNet 3.0
- relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species
Specific characters.
source: WordNet 3.0
- being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides
Quinine is highly specific for malaria.
A specific remedy.
A specific stain is one having a specific affinity for particular structural elements.
source: WordNet 3.0
- Of or pertaining to a species; characterizing or constituting a species; possessing the peculiar property or properties of a thing which constitute its species, and distinguish it from other things; as, the specific form of an animal or a plant; the specific qualities of a drug; the specific distinction between virtue and vice.
source: Webster 1913
noun
- a fact about some part (as opposed to general)
He always reasons from the particular to the general.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease
Quinine is a specific for malaria.
source: WordNet 3.0
- A specific remedy. See Specific, a., 3.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- stated explicitly or in detail
Needed a specific amount.
source: WordNet 3.0
English to Tagalog
adj
- [spisífic] Tagaurì
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
noun
- [spisífic] Gamot na yarì
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
