A Quick and Simple Dictionary

specific

1. Adjective.  explicit or definite.
2. Adjective.  of, or relating to a species.
3. Adjective.  (taxonomy) pertaining to a taxon at the rank of species.
4. Adjective.  special, distinctive or unique.
5. Adjective.  intended for, or applying to a particular thing.
6. Adjective.  being a remedy for a particular disease.
7. Adjective.  (immunology) limited to a particular antibody or antigen.
8. Adjective.  (physics) a value divided by mass (e.g. specific orbital energy).
9. Adjective.  (physics) 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).
10. Adjective.  (physics) 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).
11. Noun.  A distinguishing attribute or quality.
12. Noun.  Something particularly adapted for a particular use, as a remedy for a particular disorder.
13. Noun.  Specification.
14. Noun.  (context, in plural) The details; particulars.