Pacific vs. Specific

By Jaxson

  • Pacific (adjective)

    Calm, peaceful.

  • Pacific (adjective)

    Preferring peace by nature; avoiding violence.

  • Specific (adjective)

    explicit or definite

  • Specific (adjective)

    Pertaining to a species.

  • Specific (adjective)

    pertaining to a taxon at the rank of species

  • Specific (adjective)

    special, distinctive or unique

  • Specific (adjective)

    intended for, or applying to, a particular thing

  • Specific (adjective)

    being a remedy for a particular disease

    “Quinine is a specific medicine in cases of malaria.”

  • Specific (adjective)

    limited to a particular antibody or antigen

  • Specific (adjective)

    of a value divided by mass (e.g. specific orbital energy)

  • Specific (adjective)

    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)

  • Specific (adjective)

    a measure compared with a standard reference value by division, to produce a ratio without unit or dimension (e.g. specific refractive index is a pure number, and is relative to that of air)

  • Specific (noun)

    A distinguishing attribute or quality.

  • Specific (noun)

    A remedy for a specific disease or condition.

  • Specific (noun)

    Specification

  • Specific (noun)

    The details; particulars.

Wiktionary
  • Specific (adjective)

    clearly defined or identified

    “savings were made by increasing the electricity supply only until it met specific development needs”

  • Specific (adjective)

    precise and clear in making statements or issuing instructions

    “when ordering goods be specific”

  • Specific (adjective)

    belonging or relating uniquely to a particular subject

    “information needs are often very specific to individuals”

  • Specific (adjective)

    relating to species or a species

    “the differences between them can only be on the specific level”

  • Specific (adjective)

    (of a duty or a tax) levied at a fixed rate per physical unit of the thing taxed, regardless of its price.

  • Specific (adjective)

    of or denoting a number equal to the ratio of the value of some property of a given substance to the value of the same property of some other substance used as a reference, such as water, or of a vacuum, under equivalent conditions

    “specific dielectric strength”

  • Specific (adjective)

    of or denoting a physical quantity expressed in terms of a unit mass, volume, or other measure, in order to give a value independent of the properties or scale of the particular system studied

    “specific conductance”

  • Specific (noun)

    a medicine or remedy effective in treating a particular disease or part of the body

    “he grasped at the idea as though she had offered him a specific for cancer”

  • Specific (noun)

    a precise detail

    “I wish I’d put more thought into the specifics”

Oxford Dictionary

Leave a Comment