specification

See also: spécification

English

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.
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 (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)
• Vietnamese: quy cách (vi), quy phạm (vi), đặc tả (vi)

act of specifying

• Catalan: especificació f
• Finnish: spesifiointi (fi), spesifioiminen, määrittely (fi)
• Georgian: დაკონკრეტება (daḳonḳreṭeba)
• Maori: tautuhinga