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Webster 1913 Edition


specification

specˊi-fi-ca′tion

(spĕsˊĭ-fĭ-kā′shŭn)
,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
spécification
, LL.
specificatio
.]
1.
The act of specifying or determining by a mark or limit; notation of limits.
This
specification
or limitation of the question hinders the disputers from wandering away from the precise point of inquiry.
I. Watts.
2.
The designation of particulars; particular mention;
as, the
specification
of a charge against an officer
.
3.
A written statement containing a minute description or enumeration of particulars, as of charges against a public officer, the terms of a contract, the description of an invention, as in a patent; also, a single article, item, or particular, an allegation of a specific act, as in a charge of official misconduct.

Webster 1828 Edition


Specification

SPECIFICA'TION

, n.
1.
The act of determining by a mark or limit; notation of limits. The specification of limitation of the question hinders the disputers from wandering away from the precise point of inquiry.
2.
The act of specifying; designation of particulars; particular mention; as the specification of a charge against a military or naval officer.
3.
Article or thing specified.

Definition 2024


specification

specification

See also: spécification

English

Noun

specification (plural specifications)

  1. An explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service.
  2. An act of specifying.

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