English

Noun

specificity ‎(plural specificities)

1. The state of being specific rather than general.
2. (statistics) The probability, in a binary test, of a true negative being correctly identified.
3. (medicine) The extent to which a particular diagnostic test is specific for a given condition.

Synonyms

• specificness (much less common)

Antonyms

• genericity

Coordinate terms

• (statistics, binary probability): sensitivity

Translations

External links

• specificity in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• specificity at OneLook Dictionary Search