specification

specification
/spes'euh fi kay"sheuhn/, n.
1. the act of specifying.
2. Usually, specifications. a detailed description or assessment of requirements, dimensions, materials, etc., as of a proposed building, machine, bridge, etc.
3. a particular item, aspect, calculation, etc., in such a description.
4. something specified, as in a bill of particulars; a specified particular, item, or article.
5. an act of making specific.
6. the state of having a specific character.
[1605-15; < ML specification- (s. of specificatio), equiv. to specificat(us) (ptp. of specificare to mention, describe; see SPECIFIC, -ATE1) + -ion- -ION]
Syn. 4. requirement, condition, qualification.

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