3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Specification \Spec`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. sp['e]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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
specification
n 1: a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of
work [syn: {spec}]
2: a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an
agreement [syn: {stipulation}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
specification
(spec) A document describing how some system should
work
(2001-02-06)
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