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What is the adjective for specific?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs specify and specificate which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

specific
  1. explicit or definite
  2. (sciences) Pertaining to a species.
  3. (taxonomy) pertaining to a taxon at the rank of species
  4. special, distinctive or unique
  5. intended for, or applying to a particular thing
  6. being a remedy for a particular disease
  7. (immunology) limited to a particular antibody or antigen
  8. (physics) of a value divided by mass (e.g. specific orbital energy)
  9. (physics) similarly referring to a value divided by any measure which acts to standardize it (e.g. thrust specific fuel consumption, referring to fuel consumption divided by thrust)
  10. (physics) a measure compared with a standard reference value by division, to produce a ratio without unit or dimension (e.g. specific refractive index is a pure number, and is relative to that of air)
  11. Synonyms:
      12. distinct, specified, certain, definite, precise, express, set, explicit, single, clear, determined, discrete, defined, fixed, distinctive, exact, particular, concrete, established, identified, identifiable, outright, unambiguous, unequivocal, well defined, pinpoint, detailed, accurate, clear-cut, meticulous, categorical, clearly defined, correct, definitive, crystal clear, strict, error-free, direct, in depth, literal, unmistakable, unquestionable … more
  12. Examples:
      13. “This glass house is used for the specific purpose of nurturing a wide variety of plants.”
      “He's a good worker, but he needs specific instructions on what needs to be done.”
      “This rare gene is specific for this particular species.”
specificker
  1. (nonstandard, rare) comparative form of specific: more specific [from 1928.]
specified
  1. Thoroughly explained. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  2. Synonyms:
      3. agreed, identified, listed, stipulated, stated, indicated, quantified, postulated, required, restricted, definite, detailed, particularised, particularized, named, described, itemised, itemized, spelled out, insisted on, designated, set, prescribed, declared, predetermined, prearranged, defined, fixed, decided, given, delineated, laid out, particular, specific, appointed, certain, assumed, known, marked, displayed, shown, labeled, labelled, titled, pointed out, noted, established, settled, assigned, confirmed … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Prospective jurors are sent a summons and are obligated to appear in a specified jury pool room on a specified date.”
specificational
  1. (grammar) Serving to specify something.
specifick
  1. Obsolete form of specific.
specifical
  1. Synonym of specific
  2. Examples:
      3. “Agnosia is a recognitional deficit that does not involve specifical sensory deficits.”
      “Because we are a startup, we can quickly adapt to specifical needs, such as green machining, special slurries, granulates for thermal spray, etc.”
      “With the specifical tip, apply twice to 3 times per day onto the irritated area, previously cleansed and dryed.”
specifiable
  1. Able to be specified
  2. Synonyms:
      3. quantifiable, assessable, computable, measurable, calculable, ratable, reckonable, countable, finite
  3. Examples:
      4. “Malament’s suggestion […] provides a striking example of how close the descriptive content of the two theories is in at least one precisely specifiable sense.”
      “It is always answerable to some set of independently specifiable practical goals.”
      “We decry the absence of leadership, but who can lead without a specifiable goal?”
specifying
  1. present participle of specify
  2. Synonyms:
      3. detailing, mentioning, naming, citing, stating, identifying, indicating, designating, quoting, noting, describing, enumerating, defining, instancing, stipulating, itemising, itemizing, listing, particularising, particularizing, determining, fixing, cataloging, cataloguing, noticing, dropping, setting, giving, establishing, requiring, tagging, settling, prescribing, individualising, individualizing, postulating, ordaining, ordering, agreeing, individuating, slotting, making, conditioning, limiting, fingering, specificating, inventorying, pegging, framing, commanding … more
specificated
  1. simple past tense and past participle of specificate
  2. Synonyms:
      3. provided, stipulated, specified, demanded, instructed, postulated, stated, determined, imposed, required, agreed, arranged, conditioned, contracted, designated, detailed, guaranteed, insisted on, insisted upon, ordained, ordered, prescribed, promised, spelled out, spelt out, decreed, laid down, lay down, particularized, pledged, ensured, established, had as a condition, made it a condition, particularised, set out, underwrote, set down, named, list, settled, described, set, made, slotted, pinned down, put down for, put down, put one's finger on, set forth … more
specificating
  1. present participle of specificate
  2. Synonyms:
      3. specifying, detailing, mentioning, naming, citing, stating, identifying, indicating, designating, quoting, noting, describing, enumerating, defining, instancing, stipulating, itemising, itemizing, listing, particularising, particularizing, determining, fixing, cataloging, cataloguing, noticing, dropping, setting, giving, establishing, requiring, tagging, settling, prescribing, individualising, individualizing, postulating, ordaining, ordering, agreeing, individuating, slotting, making, conditioning, limiting, fingering, inventorying, pegging, framing, commanding … more
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