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specificity definition

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This page has 4 definitions of specificity in English. Specificity is a noun. Also define these 0 related words and terms: .

English

Etymology

From French spécificité.

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Noun

specificity (plural specificities)

  1. The state of being specific rather than general.
  2. The extent to which a characteristic is specific to a given person, place, or thing; thus:
    1. (statistics) The probability, in a binary classification test, of a true negative being correctly identified.
      Coordinate term: sensitivity
    2. (medicine) The extent to which a particular diagnostic test is specific for, or a symptom or sign is specific to, a given condition.

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Further reading

  • specificity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
  • specificity at OneLook Dictionary Search