SPECIFICATION
Spec`i*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. spécification, LL. specificatio.]
1. The act of specifying or determining by a mark or limit; notation of limits. This specification or limitation of the question hinders the disputers from wandering away from the precise point of inquiry. I. Watts.
2. The designation of particulars; particular mention; as, the specification of a charge against an officer.
3. A written statement containing a minute description or enumeration of particulars, as of charges against a public officer, the terms of a contract, the description of an invention, as in a patent; also, a single article, item, or particular, an allegation of a specific act, as in a charge of official misconduct.
SPECIFICNESS
Spe*cif"ic*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being specific.
SPECIFY
Spec"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Specified; p. pr. & vb. n.
Specifying.] Etym: [F. spécifier, or OF. especifier, fr. LL.
specificare. See Species, -fy.]
Defn: To mention or name, as a particular thing; to designate in words so as to distinguish from other things; as, to specify the uses of a plant; to specify articles purchased. He has there given us an exact geography of Greece, where the countries and the uses of their soils are specified. Pope.
SPECILLUM
Spe*cil"lum, n. Etym: [L.] (Med.)
Defn: See Stylet, 2.