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Specificity

  [spes-uh-fis-i-tee]
Specificity may refer to:

  • Sensitivity and specificity are related concepts in statistics
  • A concept relating to Cascading Style Sheets
  • In linguistics, specificity is the distinction of whether the referent is identifiable or not. The sentence Minna wants to meet a Norwegian has two readings: she wants to meet a certain Norwegian (specific), or she wants to meet any Norwegian (nonspecific).

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