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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