| slovo | definícia |
specific
(mass) | specific
- určitý, výslovný, charakteristický, špecifický, typický |
specific
(encz) | specific,charakteristický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
specific
(encz) | specific,specifický Pavel Machek; Giza |
specific
(encz) | specific,typický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
specific
(encz) | specific,určitý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
specific
(encz) | specific,výslovný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
specific
(gcide) | specific \spe*cif"ic\ (sp[-e]*s[i^]f"[i^]k), a. [F.
sp['e]cifique, or NL. spesificus; L. species a particular
sort or kind + facere to make. Cf. specify.]
1. Of or pertaining to a species; characterizing or
constituting a species; possessing the peculiar property
or properties of a thing which constitute its species, and
distinguish it from other things; as, the specific form of
an animal or a plant; the specific qualities of a drug;
the specific distinction between virtue and vice.
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Specific difference is that primary attribute which
distinguishes each species from one another. --I.
Watts.
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2. Specifying; definite, or making definite; limited;
precise; discriminating; as, a specific statement.
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3. (Med.) Exerting a peculiar influence over any part of the
body; preventing or curing disease by a peculiar
adaptation, and not on general principles; as, quinine is
a specific medicine in cases of malaria.
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In fact, all medicines will be found specific in the
perfection of the science. --Coleridge.
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Specific character (Nat. Hist.), a characteristic or
characteristics distinguishing one species from every
other species of the same genus.
Specific disease (Med.)
(a) A disease which produces a determinate definite effect
upon the blood and tissues or upon some special
tissue.
(b) A disease which is itself uniformly produced by a
definite and peculiar poison or organism.
Specific duty. (Com.) See under Duty.
Specific gravity. (Physics) See under Gravity.
Specific heat (Physics), the quantity of heat required to
raise the temperature of a body one degree, taking as the
unit of measure the quantity required to raise the same
weight of water from zero to one degree; thus, the
specific heat of mercury is 0.033, that of water being
1.000.
Specific inductive capacity (Physics), the effect of a
dielectric body in producing static electric induction as
compared with that of some other body or bodies referred
to as a standard.
Specific legacy (Law), a bequest of a particular thing, as
of a particular animal or piece of furniture, specified
and distinguished from all others. --Wharton. --Burrill.
Specific name (Nat. Hist.), the name which, appended to the
name of the genus, constitutes the distinctive name of the
species; -- originally applied by Linnaeus to the
essential character of the species, or the essential
difference. The present specific name he at first called
the trivial name.
Specific performance (Law), the peformance of a contract or
agreement as decreed by a court of equity.
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Specific
(gcide) | Specific \Spe*cif"ic\, n.
1. (Med.) A specific remedy. See Specific, a., 3.
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His parents were weak enough to believe that the
royal touch was a specific for this malady.
--Macaulay.
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2. Anything having peculiar adaption to the purpose to which
it is applied. --Dr. H. More.
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specific
(wn) | specific
adj 1: (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized
by or distinguishing something particular or special or
unique; "rules with specific application"; "demands
specific to the job"; "a specific and detailed account of
the accident" [ant: general, nonspecific]
2: stated explicitly or in detail; "needed a specific amount"
3: relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic
species; "specific characters"
4: being or affecting a disease produced by a particular
microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used
in making microscope slides; "quinine is highly specific for
malaria"; "a specific remedy"; "a specific stain is one
having a specific affinity for particular structural
elements" [ant: nonspecific]
n 1: a fact about some part (as opposed to general); "he always
reasons from the particular to the general" [syn:
particular, specific] [ant: general]
2: a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific
disease; "quinine is a specific for malaria" |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
specific
(mass) | specific
- určitý, výslovný, charakteristický, špecifický, typický |
specification
(mass) | specification
- špecifikácia |
specificky
(msasasci) | specificky
- specific |
conspecific
(encz) | conspecific,patřící do stejného druhu adj: Zdeněk Brož |
interspecific
(encz) | interspecific, adj: |
interspecific association
(encz) | interspecific association,afinita [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
intraspecific
(encz) | intraspecific,vnitrodruhový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
non-specific
(encz) | non-specific,neurčitý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
non-specific plant resistance
(encz) | non-specific plant resistance,nespecifická odolnost
rostliny [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
nonspecific
(encz) | nonspecific,nespecifický nonspecific,neurčitý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
nonspecific urethritis
(encz) | nonspecific urethritis, n: |
nonspecifically
(encz) | nonspecifically, adv: |
project-specific grant
(encz) | project-specific grant, |
prostate specific antigen
(encz) | prostate specific antigen, n: |
specific
(encz) | specific,charakteristický adj: Zdeněk Brožspecific,specifický Pavel Machek; Gizaspecific,typický adj: Zdeněk Brožspecific,určitý adj: Zdeněk Brožspecific,výslovný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
specific drainage discharge rate
(encz) | specific drainage discharge rate,specifický drenážní odtok [eko.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
specific electrical water conductivity
(encz) | specific electrical water conductivity,měrná elektrická vodivost
vody [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
specific gravity
(encz) | specific gravity,specifická váha n: Zdeněk Brož |
specific heat
(encz) | specific heat, n: |
specific impact categories
(encz) | specific impact categories,kategorie specifických dopadů [eko.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
specific inflow rate
(encz) | specific inflow rate,specifický dávkový přítok [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
specific irrigation rate
(encz) | specific irrigation rate,specifický přítok závlahové vody [eko.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
specific performance
(encz) | specific performance, n: |
specific plant resistance
(encz) | specific plant resistance,specifická odolnost rostliny [eko.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
specific properties
(encz) | specific properties,specifické vlastnosti Mgr. Dita Gálová |
specifically
(encz) | specifically,specificky adv: Zdeněk Brožspecifically,výslovně adv: PetrV |
specification
(encz) | specification,označení n: Zdeněk Brožspecification,popis n: Zdeněk Brožspecification,přesné stanovení n: Zdeněk Brožspecification,přesný popis n: Zdeněk Brožspecification,specifikace n: Zdeněk Brožspecification,specifikační adj: Zdeněk Brožspecification,údaj n: PetrVspecification,upřesnění n: RNDr. Pavel Piskačspecification,výkaz n: RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
specifications
(encz) | specifications,specifikace pl. Zdeněk Brož |
specificities
(encz) | specificities, |
specificity
(encz) | specificity,specifičnost n: Zdeněk Brožspecificity,specifika n: Zdeněk Brož |
specificness
(encz) | specificness, |
specifics
(encz) | specifics,specifika n: Zdeněk Brož |
underspecification
(encz) | underspecification,nedostatečná specifikace Zdeněk Brož |
unspecific
(encz) | unspecific,neurčitý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
with specific intentions
(encz) | with specific intentions, adv: |
kategorie specifických dopadů
(czen) | kategorie specifických dopadů,specific impact categories[eko.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
nespecifická odolnost rostliny
(czen) | nespecifická odolnost rostliny,non-specific plant
resistance[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
nespecifický
(czen) | nespecifický,nonspecific |
specific fuel consumption
(czen) | Specific Fuel Consumption,SFC[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překladSpecific Fuel Consumption,SPC[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
specificky
(czen) | specificky,specificallyadv: Zdeněk Brož |
specifická odolnost rostliny
(czen) | specifická odolnost rostliny,specific plant resistance[eko.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
specifická váha
(czen) | specifická váha,specific gravityn: Zdeněk Brož |
specifické vlastnosti
(czen) | specifické vlastnosti,specific properties Mgr. Dita Gálová |
specifický
(czen) | specifický,peculiaradj: Zdeněk Brožspecifický,specialadj: Zdeněk Brožspecifický,specific Pavel Machek; Gizaspecifický,uniqueadj: Zdeněk Brož |
specifický drenážní odtok
(czen) | specifický drenážní odtok,drainage discharge module[eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskačspecifický drenážní odtok,specific drainage discharge rate[eko.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
specifický dávkový přítok
(czen) | specifický dávkový přítok,inflow module[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskačspecifický dávkový přítok,specific inflow rate[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
specifický přítok závlahové vody
(czen) | specifický přítok závlahové vody,irrigation module[eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskačspecifický přítok závlahové vody,specific irrigation rate[eko.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
Conspecific
(gcide) | Conspecific \Con`spe*cif"ic\ (k[o^]n`sp[-e]*s[i^]f"[i^]k), a.
Of the same species.
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Despecificate
(gcide) | Despecificate \De`spe*cif"i*cate\, v. t. [Pref. de- (intens.) +
specificate.]
To discriminate; to separate according to specific
signification or qualities; to specificate; to desynonymize.
[R.]
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Inaptitude and ineptitude have been usefully
despecificated. --Fitzed.
Hall.
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Despecification
(gcide) | Despecification \De*spec`i*fi*ca"tion\, n.
Discrimination.
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specific
(gcide) | specific \spe*cif"ic\ (sp[-e]*s[i^]f"[i^]k), a. [F.
sp['e]cifique, or NL. spesificus; L. species a particular
sort or kind + facere to make. Cf. specify.]
1. Of or pertaining to a species; characterizing or
constituting a species; possessing the peculiar property
or properties of a thing which constitute its species, and
distinguish it from other things; as, the specific form of
an animal or a plant; the specific qualities of a drug;
the specific distinction between virtue and vice.
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Specific difference is that primary attribute which
distinguishes each species from one another. --I.
Watts.
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2. Specifying; definite, or making definite; limited;
precise; discriminating; as, a specific statement.
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3. (Med.) Exerting a peculiar influence over any part of the
body; preventing or curing disease by a peculiar
adaptation, and not on general principles; as, quinine is
a specific medicine in cases of malaria.
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In fact, all medicines will be found specific in the
perfection of the science. --Coleridge.
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Specific character (Nat. Hist.), a characteristic or
characteristics distinguishing one species from every
other species of the same genus.
Specific disease (Med.)
(a) A disease which produces a determinate definite effect
upon the blood and tissues or upon some special
tissue.
(b) A disease which is itself uniformly produced by a
definite and peculiar poison or organism.
Specific duty. (Com.) See under Duty.
Specific gravity. (Physics) See under Gravity.
Specific heat (Physics), the quantity of heat required to
raise the temperature of a body one degree, taking as the
unit of measure the quantity required to raise the same
weight of water from zero to one degree; thus, the
specific heat of mercury is 0.033, that of water being
1.000.
Specific inductive capacity (Physics), the effect of a
dielectric body in producing static electric induction as
compared with that of some other body or bodies referred
to as a standard.
Specific legacy (Law), a bequest of a particular thing, as
of a particular animal or piece of furniture, specified
and distinguished from all others. --Wharton. --Burrill.
Specific name (Nat. Hist.), the name which, appended to the
name of the genus, constitutes the distinctive name of the
species; -- originally applied by Linnaeus to the
essential character of the species, or the essential
difference. The present specific name he at first called
the trivial name.
Specific performance (Law), the peformance of a contract or
agreement as decreed by a court of equity.
[1913 Webster]Specific \Spe*cif"ic\, n.
1. (Med.) A specific remedy. See Specific, a., 3.
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His parents were weak enough to believe that the
royal touch was a specific for this malady.
--Macaulay.
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2. Anything having peculiar adaption to the purpose to which
it is applied. --Dr. H. More.
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Specific character
(gcide) | specific \spe*cif"ic\ (sp[-e]*s[i^]f"[i^]k), a. [F.
sp['e]cifique, or NL. spesificus; L. species a particular
sort or kind + facere to make. Cf. specify.]
1. Of or pertaining to a species; characterizing or
constituting a species; possessing the peculiar property
or properties of a thing which constitute its species, and
distinguish it from other things; as, the specific form of
an animal or a plant; the specific qualities of a drug;
the specific distinction between virtue and vice.
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Specific difference is that primary attribute which
distinguishes each species from one another. --I.
Watts.
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2. Specifying; definite, or making definite; limited;
precise; discriminating; as, a specific statement.
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3. (Med.) Exerting a peculiar influence over any part of the
body; preventing or curing disease by a peculiar
adaptation, and not on general principles; as, quinine is
a specific medicine in cases of malaria.
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In fact, all medicines will be found specific in the
perfection of the science. --Coleridge.
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Specific character (Nat. Hist.), a characteristic or
characteristics distinguishing one species from every
other species of the same genus.
Specific disease (Med.)
(a) A disease which produces a determinate definite effect
upon the blood and tissues or upon some special
tissue.
(b) A disease which is itself uniformly produced by a
definite and peculiar poison or organism.
Specific duty. (Com.) See under Duty.
Specific gravity. (Physics) See under Gravity.
Specific heat (Physics), the quantity of heat required to
raise the temperature of a body one degree, taking as the
unit of measure the quantity required to raise the same
weight of water from zero to one degree; thus, the
specific heat of mercury is 0.033, that of water being
1.000.
Specific inductive capacity (Physics), the effect of a
dielectric body in producing static electric induction as
compared with that of some other body or bodies referred
to as a standard.
Specific legacy (Law), a bequest of a particular thing, as
of a particular animal or piece of furniture, specified
and distinguished from all others. --Wharton. --Burrill.
Specific name (Nat. Hist.), the name which, appended to the
name of the genus, constitutes the distinctive name of the
species; -- originally applied by Linnaeus to the
essential character of the species, or the essential
difference. The present specific name he at first called
the trivial name.
Specific performance (Law), the peformance of a contract or
agreement as decreed by a court of equity.
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Specific disease
(gcide) | specific \spe*cif"ic\ (sp[-e]*s[i^]f"[i^]k), a. [F.
sp['e]cifique, or NL. spesificus; L. species a particular
sort or kind + facere to make. Cf. specify.]
1. Of or pertaining to a species; characterizing or
constituting a species; possessing the peculiar property
or properties of a thing which constitute its species, and
distinguish it from other things; as, the specific form of
an animal or a plant; the specific qualities of a drug;
the specific distinction between virtue and vice.
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Specific difference is that primary attribute which
distinguishes each species from one another. --I.
Watts.
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2. Specifying; definite, or making definite; limited;
precise; discriminating; as, a specific statement.
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3. (Med.) Exerting a peculiar influence over any part of the
body; preventing or curing disease by a peculiar
adaptation, and not on general principles; as, quinine is
a specific medicine in cases of malaria.
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In fact, all medicines will be found specific in the
perfection of the science. --Coleridge.
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Specific character (Nat. Hist.), a characteristic or
characteristics distinguishing one species from every
other species of the same genus.
Specific disease (Med.)
(a) A disease which produces a determinate definite effect
upon the blood and tissues or upon some special
tissue.
(b) A disease which is itself uniformly produced by a
definite and peculiar poison or organism.
Specific duty. (Com.) See under Duty.
Specific gravity. (Physics) See under Gravity.
Specific heat (Physics), the quantity of heat required to
raise the temperature of a body one degree, taking as the
unit of measure the quantity required to raise the same
weight of water from zero to one degree; thus, the
specific heat of mercury is 0.033, that of water being
1.000.
Specific inductive capacity (Physics), the effect of a
dielectric body in producing static electric induction as
compared with that of some other body or bodies referred
to as a standard.
Specific legacy (Law), a bequest of a particular thing, as
of a particular animal or piece of furniture, specified
and distinguished from all others. --Wharton. --Burrill.
Specific name (Nat. Hist.), the name which, appended to the
name of the genus, constitutes the distinctive name of the
species; -- originally applied by Linnaeus to the
essential character of the species, or the essential
difference. The present specific name he at first called
the trivial name.
Specific performance (Law), the peformance of a contract or
agreement as decreed by a court of equity.
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Specific duty
(gcide) | specific \spe*cif"ic\ (sp[-e]*s[i^]f"[i^]k), a. [F.
sp['e]cifique, or NL. spesificus; L. species a particular
sort or kind + facere to make. Cf. specify.]
1. Of or pertaining to a species; characterizing or
constituting a species; possessing the peculiar property
or properties of a thing which constitute its species, and
distinguish it from other things; as, the specific form of
an animal or a plant; the specific qualities of a drug;
the specific distinction between virtue and vice.
[1913 Webster]
Specific difference is that primary attribute which
distinguishes each species from one another. --I.
Watts.
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2. Specifying; definite, or making definite; limited;
precise; discriminating; as, a specific statement.
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3. (Med.) Exerting a peculiar influence over any part of the
body; preventing or curing disease by a peculiar
adaptation, and not on general principles; as, quinine is
a specific medicine in cases of malaria.
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In fact, all medicines will be found specific in the
perfection of the science. --Coleridge.
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Specific character (Nat. Hist.), a characteristic or
characteristics distinguishing one species from every
other species of the same genus.
Specific disease (Med.)
(a) A disease which produces a determinate definite effect
upon the blood and tissues or upon some special
tissue.
(b) A disease which is itself uniformly produced by a
definite and peculiar poison or organism.
Specific duty. (Com.) See under Duty.
Specific gravity. (Physics) See under Gravity.
Specific heat (Physics), the quantity of heat required to
raise the temperature of a body one degree, taking as the
unit of measure the quantity required to raise the same
weight of water from zero to one degree; thus, the
specific heat of mercury is 0.033, that of water being
1.000.
Specific inductive capacity (Physics), the effect of a
dielectric body in producing static electric induction as
compared with that of some other body or bodies referred
to as a standard.
Specific legacy (Law), a bequest of a particular thing, as
of a particular animal or piece of furniture, specified
and distinguished from all others. --Wharton. --Burrill.
Specific name (Nat. Hist.), the name which, appended to the
name of the genus, constitutes the distinctive name of the
species; -- originally applied by Linnaeus to the
essential character of the species, or the essential
difference. The present specific name he at first called
the trivial name.
Specific performance (Law), the peformance of a contract or
agreement as decreed by a court of equity.
[1913 Webster]Duty \Du"ty\, n.; pl. Duties. [From Due.]
1. That which is due; payment. [Obs. as signifying a material
thing.]
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When thou receivest money for thy labor or ware,
thou receivest thy duty. --Tyndale.
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2. That which a person is bound by moral obligation to do, or
refrain from doing; that which one ought to do; service
morally obligatory.
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Forgetting his duty toward God, his sovereign lord,
and his country. --Hallam.
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3. Hence, any assigned service or business; as, the duties of
a policeman, or a soldier; to be on duty.
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With records sweet of duties done. --Keble.
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To employ him on the hardest and most imperative
duty. --Hallam.
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Duty is a graver term than obligation. A duty hardly
exists to do trivial things; but there may be an
obligation to do them. --C. J. Smith.
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4. Specifically, obedience or submission due to parents and
superiors. --Shak.
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5. Respect; reverence; regard; act of respect; homage. "My
duty to you." --Shak.
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6. (Engin.) The efficiency of an engine, especially a steam
pumping engine, as measured by work done by a certain
quantity of fuel; usually, the number of pounds of water
lifted one foot by one bushel of coal (94 lbs. old
standard), or by 1 cwt. (112 lbs., England, or 100 lbs.,
United States).
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7. (Com.) Tax, toll, impost, or customs; excise; any sum of
money required by government to be paid on the
importation, exportation, or consumption of goods.
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Note: An impost on land or other real estate, and on the
stock of farmers, is not called a duty, but a direct
tax. [U.S.]
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Ad valorem duty, a duty which is graded according to the
cost, or market value, of the article taxed. See {Ad
valorem}.
Specific duty, a duty of a specific sum assessed on an
article without reference to its value or market.
On duty, actually engaged in the performance of one's
assigned task.
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Specific gravity
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3. Importance, significance, dignity, etc; hence,
seriousness; enormity; as, the gravity of an offense.
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They derive an importance from . . . the gravity of
the place where they were uttered. --Burke.
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4. (Physics) The tendency of a mass of matter toward a center
of attraction; esp., the tendency of a body toward the
center of the earth; terrestrial gravitation.
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5. (Mus.) Lowness of tone; -- opposed to acuteness.
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Center of gravity See under Center.
Gravity battery, See Battery, n., 4.
Specific gravity, the ratio of the weight of a body to the
weight of an equal volume of some other body taken as the
standard or unit. This standard is usually water for
solids and liquids, and air for gases. Thus, 19, the
specific gravity of gold, expresses the fact that, bulk
for bulk, gold is nineteen times as heavy as water.
[1913 Webster]specific \spe*cif"ic\ (sp[-e]*s[i^]f"[i^]k), a. [F.
sp['e]cifique, or NL. spesificus; L. species a particular
sort or kind + facere to make. Cf. specify.]
1. Of or pertaining to a species; characterizing or
constituting a species; possessing the peculiar property
or properties of a thing which constitute its species, and
distinguish it from other things; as, the specific form of
an animal or a plant; the specific qualities of a drug;
the specific distinction between virtue and vice.
[1913 Webster]
Specific difference is that primary attribute which
distinguishes each species from one another. --I.
Watts.
[1913 Webster]
2. Specifying; definite, or making definite; limited;
precise; discriminating; as, a specific statement.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Med.) Exerting a peculiar influence over any part of the
body; preventing or curing disease by a peculiar
adaptation, and not on general principles; as, quinine is
a specific medicine in cases of malaria.
[1913 Webster]
In fact, all medicines will be found specific in the
perfection of the science. --Coleridge.
[1913 Webster]
Specific character (Nat. Hist.), a characteristic or
characteristics distinguishing one species from every
other species of the same genus.
Specific disease (Med.)
(a) A disease which produces a determinate definite effect
upon the blood and tissues or upon some special
tissue.
(b) A disease which is itself uniformly produced by a
definite and peculiar poison or organism.
Specific duty. (Com.) See under Duty.
Specific gravity. (Physics) See under Gravity.
Specific heat (Physics), the quantity of heat required to
raise the temperature of a body one degree, taking as the
unit of measure the quantity required to raise the same
weight of water from zero to one degree; thus, the
specific heat of mercury is 0.033, that of water being
1.000.
Specific inductive capacity (Physics), the effect of a
dielectric body in producing static electric induction as
compared with that of some other body or bodies referred
to as a standard.
Specific legacy (Law), a bequest of a particular thing, as
of a particular animal or piece of furniture, specified
and distinguished from all others. --Wharton. --Burrill.
Specific name (Nat. Hist.), the name which, appended to the
name of the genus, constitutes the distinctive name of the
species; -- originally applied by Linnaeus to the
essential character of the species, or the essential
difference. The present specific name he at first called
the trivial name.
Specific performance (Law), the peformance of a contract or
agreement as decreed by a court of equity.
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Specific heat
(gcide) | specific \spe*cif"ic\ (sp[-e]*s[i^]f"[i^]k), a. [F.
sp['e]cifique, or NL. spesificus; L. species a particular
sort or kind + facere to make. Cf. specify.]
1. Of or pertaining to a species; characterizing or
constituting a species; possessing the peculiar property
or properties of a thing which constitute its species, and
distinguish it from other things; as, the specific form of
an animal or a plant; the specific qualities of a drug;
the specific distinction between virtue and vice.
[1913 Webster]
Specific difference is that primary attribute which
distinguishes each species from one another. --I.
Watts.
[1913 Webster]
2. Specifying; definite, or making definite; limited;
precise; discriminating; as, a specific statement.
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3. (Med.) Exerting a peculiar influence over any part of the
body; preventing or curing disease by a peculiar
adaptation, and not on general principles; as, quinine is
a specific medicine in cases of malaria.
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In fact, all medicines will be found specific in the
perfection of the science. --Coleridge.
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Specific character (Nat. Hist.), a characteristic or
characteristics distinguishing one species from every
other species of the same genus.
Specific disease (Med.)
(a) A disease which produces a determinate definite effect
upon the blood and tissues or upon some special
tissue.
(b) A disease which is itself uniformly produced by a
definite and peculiar poison or organism.
Specific duty. (Com.) See under Duty.
Specific gravity. (Physics) See under Gravity.
Specific heat (Physics), the quantity of heat required to
raise the temperature of a body one degree, taking as the
unit of measure the quantity required to raise the same
weight of water from zero to one degree; thus, the
specific heat of mercury is 0.033, that of water being
1.000.
Specific inductive capacity (Physics), the effect of a
dielectric body in producing static electric induction as
compared with that of some other body or bodies referred
to as a standard.
Specific legacy (Law), a bequest of a particular thing, as
of a particular animal or piece of furniture, specified
and distinguished from all others. --Wharton. --Burrill.
Specific name (Nat. Hist.), the name which, appended to the
name of the genus, constitutes the distinctive name of the
species; -- originally applied by Linnaeus to the
essential character of the species, or the essential
difference. The present specific name he at first called
the trivial name.
Specific performance (Law), the peformance of a contract or
agreement as decreed by a court of equity.
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