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English Dictionary: specification by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
specification
n
  1. a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work
    Synonym(s): specification, spec
  2. naming explicitly
  3. (patent law) a document drawn up by the applicant for a patent of invention that provides an explicit and detailed description of the nature and use of an invention
  4. a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement
    Synonym(s): stipulation, specification
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Specification \Spec`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. sp[82]cification,
      LL. specificatio.]
      1. The act of specifying or determining by a mark or limit;
            notation of limits.
  
                     This specification or limitation of the question
                     hinders the disputers from wandering away from the
                     precise point of inquiry.                  --I. Watts.
  
      2. The designation of particulars; particular mention; as,
            the specification of a charge against an officer.
  
      3. A written statement containing a minute description or
            enumeration of particulars, as of charges against a public
            officer, the terms of a contract, the description of an
            invention, as in a patent; also, a single article, item,
            or particular, an allegation of a specific act, as in a
            charge of official misconduct.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   specification
  
      (spec) A document describing how some system should
      work.
  
      (2001-02-06)
  
  
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