Associations to the word «Specification»

Wiktionary

SPECIFICATION, noun. An explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service.
SPECIFICATION, noun. An act of specifying.

Dictionary definition

SPECIFICATION, noun. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
SPECIFICATION, noun. Naming explicitly.
SPECIFICATION, noun. (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.
SPECIFICATION, noun. A restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats