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Example sentences for "specific"

Lexicographically close words:
speciation; specie; speciem; specierum; species; specifical; specifically; specification; specifications; specificity
  1. An observation of practical importance to me at that time was this: I awoke in the morning after a pollution at night, with an acute headache of a specific kind, and erection.

  2. This, however, was specific and pure benefit.

  3. During the first period their specific gravity is greater than that of the surrounding medium, and they rest immobile at the bottom of the vessel in which they are sown.

  4. The molecular conductivity U is equal to the product of V, the volume of the molecule, by [Delta], its specific conductivity.

  5. As they grow, they absorb water and their specific gravity diminishes.

  6. The specific conductivity [Delta] of an electrolyte is the conductivity of a cube of the solution, each face of which is one square centimetre in area.

  7. They do not lose or gain water, it is true, and they retain their volume and their specific gravity.

  8. They have moreover a specific form, and every biologist who wishes to establish a parallel between the phenomena of the living and the mineral world is wont to compare living beings with crystals.

  9. The resurrection is not of the old body but of a body of glory and light, of an angelic nature, in short a spiritual body, though the specific word spiritual is not used.

  10. The specific duration of the Messianic kingdom is not given.

  11. Fortunately I saw projecting from one of his huge pockets a large bottle of some specific which he had concocted for a patient.

  12. Three times however the doctor repeated one specific caution,--"Would he promise not to tell it to his wife?

  13. Its feet, carried in the pocket, are a rustic specific for rheumatism.

  14. With decks cleared for action, therefore, we will proceed to discuss the fundamental principles of cookery, the application of which, in the form of specific recipes, will follow in a separate chapter.

  15. Its specific gravity at the equator is estimated at 1.

  16. As to the strategic device of King Olaf, we cannot be so sure; but the account in the sagas reveals a topographical knowledge so specific as to argue strongly for the belief that the authors must have had access to reliable sources.

  17. One consequence of this is that the way to obtain an idea of Milton's Satan is not to lay hold of specific sayings that fall from his mouth, but to go through his history.

  18. He could point out the specific existing grievances to which the disorganization of a people is owing, and lay his finger on the exact parent evils which the philanthropist ought to exert himself in exposing and making away with.

  19. It would be possible farther to illustrate Luther's conception of the Evil Principle by quoting many of his specific sayings about diabolic agency.

  20. The many-sidedness of the dramatist, let it be well believed and pondered, is but the versatility in form of a certain personal and substantial being, which constitutes the specific mind of the dramatist himself.

  21. He stands in the place of the owner of the ship, and performs (by completing) the specific contract between the owner and charterer.

  22. The laws of the United States have made ample provision on this subject, and they may be considered as an expression of the general wish of civilized nations; and they prescribed specific punishment for acts which were before unlawful.

  23. The specific contract is performed in the one case, and not in the other.

  24. The specific term is apt to be more suggestive than the general from the fact that it presents to the mind an idea which can be grasped readily.

  25. The word “treason” denotes a specific offense against the government; while it connotes all the shame with which men regard one who betrays his country.

  26. It is specific in that it deals with facts rather than with theories, with incidents rather than with deductions, with events rather than with reflections.

  27. The specific methods by which interest may be secured or increased must be studied with the realization that the very existence of narrative depends upon them.

  28. Whether or not natural calamities struck in conjunction with specific extortions sanctioned by social injustice, the Chinese farmer has been faced with threefold oppression whenever times were bad.

  29. With the presidency there was created a cabinet, whose ministers did not yet hold any specific portfolios.

  30. The lack of coordination between the different agencies of government was as much to blame for China's weakness as were the specific defects of the central departments.

  31. If certain points of key importance are kept in mind, they may serve as references whereby the relative ranking of any specific topic may be ascertained.

  32. In what specific period the earliest ancestors of the Chinese came to China is not known.

  33. In many instances the working of specific institutions called governments has been of less importance than that of other establishments and organizations.

  34. Aristotelian politics are far removed from the specific problems of representative or modern authoritarian government; nevertheless they possess great value and exercise an indeterminable influence upon the entire West.

  35. But the Chinese needed specific devices[6] in order to assure that the old system of selecting an intellectual leadership would not be compromised or destroyed by democracy.

  36. They never personified this loyalty or tried to express it in specific institutions; nor did they admit outsiders to equality and concede that there was more of the civilized world outside, thus admitting the existence of nations.

  37. The glory of the Lord' has a very specific meaning in the Old Testament.

  38. It has been supposed that by the 'living water' which God gives is here meant some one specific gift, such as that of the Holy Spirit, which sometimes is expressed by the metaphor.

  39. Not the specific precepts, though these are, in many cases, deeper.

  40. The second stage to which he had been led by Christ's treatment was simply belief in our Lord's specific promise, an immense advance on his first position of belief which needed sight as its basis.

  41. Of course it will be a task of wisdom, of common sense, of daily culture in prudence and other graces; to apply the generalised precept to the specific cases that emerge in our lives.

  42. There are three points to be noticed--First, the general force of the metaphor, and then the two specific applications of it which our Lord Himself makes.

  43. Are there any people whom God is teaching obedience to His light touch, by letting them run their course after some one specific sin?

  44. In other words, they must in their constructive operations have worked towards specific ends, according to preconceived plan and set design, wittingly contriving various machines for various purposes.

  45. It has invariably contented itself with rendering certain specific services, never failing to exact in return fully equivalent services of each species.

  46. Since these could not be assigned to a specific month, they were not saved for analysis.

  47. In this and in the following accounts, the generic and specific names of plants are those used by Welsh and Erdman (1964).

  48. It is well understood that rarely does a specific type such as the Ohio, Thomas or Stabler reproduce itself exactly from seeds.

  49. It is not immoral degeneracy, but its weakness is incapacity for action of any kind, inability to see and do the specific task.

  50. No adequate records are kept of the books used; so that it is impossible to give statistics of the specific utility of the library.

  51. Thou wert weak enough to make a specific prediction, which has proved directly false.

  52. The Combining Weights, Volumes, and Specific Gravities of Elements and Compounds.

  53. Each inch in height on the scale is converted into cubic feet, and then by means of a table is converted into Russian poods, according to the specific gravity at various temperatures.

  54. The individual is but a single agent in each case; and he enters into each successive action as a whole, although the specific end sought in a given action may be sought avowedly on the basis of a particular interest; as e.

  55. The change may not be extremely large at any one point, so far as regards the specific articles of the programme, but, taken as a whole, the resulting modification of the socialistic position is a very substantial one.

  56. Differences of detail in the specific doctrines held could be explained only on a much more detailed analysis than can be entered on here, and after taking account of facts which cannot here be even allowed for in detail.

  57. His polemics run against the specific tenets of the liberal school, but they run wholly on the ground afforded by the premises of that school.

  58. And in doing this Judge Lindsey had to become a lawbreaker himself, for he often violated his oath of office by refusing to enforce the law where a specific punishment was provided for a specific offense.

  59. John Cotton tried to pour oil on the troubled waters by explaining that the idea of a Covenant of Grace was general, and to make it specific was unjust and unreasonable.

  60. Of course, this plea was met with specific questions, such as, if works are immaterial and grace is all, then what shall I do in this case, also that and the other?

  61. The “float” is a light copper vessel with conical ends which is firmly fastened to the midrod, and which is intended to so lower the specific gravity of the whole machine that it will not sink.

  62. The description given later, with the drawing in Plate 18, shows the after-improvements, but no specific change from that in use from the first.

  63. Metallurgical and ceramic engineers test and evaluate the strength, durability, and other characteristics of materials to be used in the fabrication of equipment, and they produce new materials for specific jobs.

  64. Students and teachers who need other material on specific aspects of nuclear science, or references to other reading material, may also write to the Oak Ridge address.

  65. It is to some more specific memory that youth looks forward in its vigils.

  66. Not only his style, but his callous pertinent way of looking upon the sordid and ugly sides of life, becomes every day a more specific feature in the literature of France.


  67. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "specific" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    absolute; aid; antidote; assistance; balm; balsam; categorical; certain; characteristic; circumstantial; concrete; corrective; cure; defined; defining; definite; definitive; detail; detailed; determinate; determined; different; differential; distinct; distinctive; distinguished; divisional; drug; each; emphatic; encircled; esoteric; especial; exact; exceptional; explicit; express; extraordinary; finicky; finite; firm; fixed; full; fussy; help; individual; individualistic; inner; intimate; keen; local; luminous; meticulous; minute; nice; noteworthy; ordinal; outspoken; particular; peculiar; personal; picayune; positive; precise; prescription; private; pronounced; proper; receipt; recipe; relief; remedy; respective; restorative; ringed; several; single; singular; special; specific; stated; succor; surrounded; typical; unambiguous


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    specific characters; specific difference; specific duties; specific experience; specific forms; specific gravity; specific heat; specific inductive; specific type; specifically distinct