 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
specification
noun
1: a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of
work [syn: {spec}]
2: naming explicitly
3: (patent law) a document drawn up by the applicant for a
patent of invention that provides an explicit and detailed
description of the nature and usse of an invention
4: a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an
agreement [syn: {stipulation}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
specification \spec'i*fi*ca"tion\
(sp[e^]s'[i^]*f[i^]*k[=a]"sh[u^]n), noun [Cf. F.
sp['e]cification, 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.
4. A detailed listing or description of the required
properties of some object proposed to be built or bought;
-- usually used in the plural; as, the building
specifications require that it withstand an earthquake of
magnitude 8; the program specifications require an option
to change the menus.
[PJC]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
136 Moby Thesaurus words for "specification":
allocation, allowance, analysis, anatomization, assignment,
atomization, attribution, boundary condition, bounding, cameo,
catalog, cataloging, catch, cession, character, character sketch,
characterization, circling-in, circumscribing, circumscription,
circumstantiation, clause, concession, condition, consideration,
definition, delimitation, delineation, demarcation, denomination,
denotation, depiction, describing, description, designation,
detail, details, determination, differentiation, disclosure,
donnee, encincture, enumeration, escalator clause, escape clause,
escape hatch, evocation, exception, exemption, expression,
extenuating circumstances, fine print, fingering, fixing, given,
grain of salt, grant, graphic account, grounds, hedge, hedging,
hint, identification, identifying, image, imagery, impression,
inclusion-exclusion, indication, indicativeness, inventory,
itemization, itemizing, joker, kicker, limitation,
limiting condition, limning, list, listing, manifestation, meaning,
mental reservation, modification, naming, obligation, parameter,
particularization, photograph, picking out, picture, pinning down,
pointing, pointing out, pointing to, portrait, portraiture,
portrayal, precision, prerequisite, profile, provision, provisions,
proviso, qualification, rendering, rendition, representation,
requirement, requisite, reservation, restriction, salvo,
saving clause, selection, show, showing, signification,
sine qua non, sketch, small print, special case, special treatment,
specialness, specifying, stipulation, string, suggestion,
symptomaticness, terms, ultimatum, vignette, vivid description,
waiver, whereas, word painting
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
specification
(spec) A document describing how some system should
work.
(2001-02-06)
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