specific

B1 · Intermediate

adj. relating to one particular thing and not others.

adj. restricted to a particular individual, situation, or object; unique to a certain context.

日本語:特定※

“This medicine is for a specific type of allergy.”

“The researcher identified a specific gene sequence that appears only in this population of desert plants.”

C1 · Advanced Science Technical · Academic

adj. used in science to describe a value that is divided by the mass of an object.

adj. denoting a physical quantity per unit of mass, or a value standardized by division to create a ratio.

“Specific heat is the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance.”

“Engineers must calculate the specific gravity of the alloy to determine if the component will float in the high-density cooling fluid.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate Countable noun

n. the small details or exact facts about something.

n. the particular details or precise items of information; almost exclusively used in the plural form.

“I know the general plan, but I don't know the specifics yet.”

“While the CEO outlined the broad vision for the merger, the legal teams spent weeks debating the specifics of the asset transfer.”