specification

See also: spécification

English

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specification (disambiguation) and specification (technical standard)

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Etymology

From Middle French specification, from Medieval Latin specificationem (accusative of specificatio).

Pronunciation

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Noun

specification (countable and uncountable, plural specifications)

1. An explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service.

   The contractor followed the architect’s specifications.

   Each computer is built to the customer’s exact specification.

   The product failed to meet the required safety specifications.

2. An act of specifying.

Derived terms

• open-specification

Related terms

• species
• specific
• specify

Translations

explicit set of requirements

Armenian: հատկորոշում (hatkorošum), մասնագիր (hy) (masnagir) Bulgarian: специфика́ция f (specifikácija) Catalan: especificació f Chinese: Mandarin: 規格 / 规格 (zh) (guīgé), 規範 / 规范 (zh) (guīfàn) Czech: specifikace f Dutch: specificatie (nl) f Finnish: määrittely (fi), spesifikaatio (fi) French: spécification (fr) f Georgian: სპეციფიკაცია (sṗecipiḳacia) German: Spezifikation (de) f Greek: προδιαγραφή (el) f (prodiagrafí), προσδιορισμός (el) m (prosdiorismós) Hungarian: vizsgakövetelmény (hu) sg, vizsgakövetelmények pl Indonesian: spesifikasi (id) Italian: specificazione (it) f, specifica (it) f, capitolato (it) m Japanese: 仕様 (ja) (しよう, shiyō), スペック (ja) (supekku) Korean: 사양 (ko) (sayang), 스펙 (ko) (seupek) Norwegian: Bokmål: spesifikasjon m Nynorsk: spesifikasjon m Polish: specyfikacja (pl) f Portuguese: especificação (pt) f Russian: специфика́ция (ru) f (specifikácija) Slovak: špecifikácia f Spanish: especificación (es) f Swedish: specifikation (sv) c Turkish: şartname (tr) Ukrainian: специфіка́ція f (specyfikácija) Vietnamese: quy cách (vi), quy phạm (vi), đặc tả (vi)

act of specifying

Catalan: especificació f Finnish: spesifiointi (fi), spesifioiminen, määrittely (fi) French: spécification (fr) f Georgian: დაკონკრეტება (daḳonḳreṭeba) Maori: tautuhinga Polish: sprecyzowanie n Russian: уточне́ние (ru) n (utočnénije) Ukrainian: уто́чнення n (utóčnennja)