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SPECIFICATION definition: 1. a detailed description of how something should be done, made, etc.: 2. a detailed description…. Learn more.
a detailed description or assessment of requirements, dimensions, materials, etc., as of a proposed building, machine, bridge, etc. Computers. a detailed description of the hardware installed, including the memory capacity, processor speed, and graphics card model. a particular item, aspect, calculation, etc., in such a description.
1. : the act or process of specifying. 2. a. : a detailed precise presentation of something or of a plan or proposal for somethingusually used in plural. b. : a statement of legal particulars (as of charges or of contract terms) also : a single item of such statement. c. : a written description of an invention for which a patent is sought.
a detailed description of how something should be done, made, etc.: All products are made exactly to the customer's specifications. A specification has been drawn up for the new military aircraft. a job specification. The cars have been built to a high specification (= a high standard). SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
Instead, it is an explicit detail of a design, presenting the exact way something specific must be constructed. For example, blueprints contain the specifications for a building. In the 17th century, the word specification emerged with the meaning of giving something a specific quality.
/ˌspesɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/ [countable, uncountable] a detailed description of how something is, or should be, designed or made. the technical specifications of the new model (= of car) The house has been built exactly to our specifications. The office was furnished to a high specification. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Word Origin.
1. the act of specifying. 2. Usu., specifications. a detailed description of requirements, dimensions, materials, etc., as of a proposed building. 3. something specified, as in a bill of particulars. 4. an act of making specific. 5. the state of having a specific character. [1605–15]
A specification is a requirement which is clearly stated, for example about the necessary features in the design of something.
SPECIFICATION definition: a detailed description of how something should be done, made, etc: . Learn more.
Usually specifications. a detailed description or assessment of requirements, dimensions, materials, etc., as of a proposed building, machine, bridge, etc. Computers .
