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noun

specification

CEFR C1

a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work

In a sentence

Six example sentences with specification, each labelled with its topic.

  • The specification ran to ninety pages, naming every bolt size and the exact grade of concrete the contractor had to pour.

    Architecture

  • Two teams built browsers from the same specification, and pages still rendered differently wherever the wording left room for argument.

    Technology

  • The supplier missed the specification by two millimeters, so every hinge in the shipment had to be sent back.

    Business

  • The organ builder's specification lists every stop and pipe, from the sixteen foot bass to the smallest flute.

    Music

  • A patent's specification must describe the invention clearly enough for a skilled reader to build it without guesswork.

    Law

  • The console maker published the controller port's specification, so third parties could build their own pads.

    Gaming

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