Hypertext Webster Gateway: "specification"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Specification \Spec`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. [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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

specification
n 1: a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of
work [syn: {spec}]
2: naming explicitly
3: a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an
agreement [syn: {stipulation}]


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