specificity

1. (uncountable, usually)The state of being specific rather than general.

   Spezifizität

   специ́фикаspecífika

   специфікаspecyfika

   the quality of being specific rather than general

2. The extent to which a characteristic is specific to a given person, place, or thing; thus:

   (uncountable, usually)The probability, in a binary classification test, of a true negative being correctly identified.

   Coordinate term: sensitivity

   Spezifität

3. (uncountable, usually)The extent to which a particular diagnostic test is specific for, or a symptom or sign is specific to, a given condition.

   the quality of being specific to a particular organism

1. Specificity is a virtue when you write a technical document.

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2. In Chemistry, the characteristic of enzymes (and catalysts) to participate in certain chemical reactions is called specificity.

   ruВ химии свойство ферментов (и катализаторов) участвовать в определенных химических реакциях называется специфичностью.

   deIn der Chemie wird die Eigenschaft von Enzymen (und Katalysatoren), an bestimmten chemischen Reaktionen teilzunehmen, als Spezifität bezeichnet.

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