SPECIFICITY


Meaning of SPECIFICITY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌspe-sə-ˈfi-sə-tē ]

noun

Date: 1875

: the quality or condition of being specific: as

a. : the condition of being peculiar to a particular individual or group of organisms

host specificity of a parasite

b. : the condition of participating in or catalyzing only one or a few chemical reactions

the specificity of an enzyme

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.