specificity en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /spɛsɪˈfɪsɪti/ (UK, US)
- (US) audio
Etymology
From specific + -ity, perhaps modelled after French spécificité. First attested in 1829.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The state of being specific rather than general.
Congress must set a clear standard: Police should prove with specificity what's on your phone before forcing it open, and only after the device's owner has consulted with a lawyer. Doing so would provide citizens a means to ensure police follow warrant requirements without sacrificing law enforcement's ability to pursue the crime they're investigating.
2024 October 14, Patrick Eddington, James Craven, Police Want the Password to Your Phone:
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(uncountable, usually) The extent to which a characteristic is specific to a given person, place, or thing; thus: ▸ The probability, in a binary classification test, of a true negative being correctly identified.
Coordinate term: sensitivity
- (uncountable, usually) The extent to which a characteristic is specific to a given person, place, or thing; thus: ▸ The extent to which a particular diagnostic test is specific for, or a symptom or sign is specific to, a given condition.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| specificities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Coordinates
sensitivity (binary probability)
Deriveds
monospecificity · homospecificity · isospecificity · cardiospecificity · ultraspecificity · hyperspecificity · allospecificity · neospecificity · immunospecificity · paraspecificity · conspecificity · unspecificity · enantiospecificity · interspecificity · serospecificity · heterosubspecificity · overspecificity · bispecificity · polyspecificity · diastereospecificity · subspecificity · nonspecificity · xenospecificity · transspecificity · intraspecificity · neurospecificity · aspecificity · chemospecificity · regiospecificity · multispecificity · organospecificity · stereospecificity · heterospecificity · phosphospecificity
Synonyms
individuality · specificness · peculiarity · singularity · particularity · specificity · specialty · propriety
Translations (26)
pl specyficzność (the state of being specific rather than general) · fi tarkkuus ((statistics) probability in a binary classification test of a true negative being correctly identified) · it specificità (the state of being specific rather than general) · he סגוליות \ סְגֻלִּיּוּת ((statistics) probability in a binary classification test of a true negative being correctly identified) · eo specifeco (the state of being specific rather than general) · bg специфичност (the state of being specific rather than general) · fi täsmällisyys (the state of being specific rather than general) · he ייחודיות \ יִחוּדִיּוּת (the state of being specific rather than general) · ka სპეციფიკურობა (the state of being specific rather than general) · ro specificitate ((statistics) probability in a binary classification test of a true negative being correctly identified) · uk специфіка (the state of being specific rather than general) · nl specificiteit (the state of being specific rather than general) · es especificidad (the state of being specific rather than general) · ca especificitat (the state of being specific rather than general) · ru специ́фика (the state of being specific rather than general) · tl katiyakan (the state of being specific rather than general) · fr spécificité ((statistics) probability in a binary classification test of a true negative being correctly identified) · pl specyfika (the state of being specific rather than general) · fi erityisyys (the state of being specific rather than general) · ro specificitate (the state of being specific rather than general) · id spesifisitas ((statistics) probability in a binary classification test of a true negative being correctly identified) · de Spezifität ((statistics) probability in a binary classification test of a true negative being correctly identified) · fr spécificité (the state of being specific rather than general) · id spesifisitas (the state of being specific rather than general) · pt especificidade (the state of being specific rather than general) · de Spezifizität (the state of being specific rather than general)