Specification
[,spesɪfɪ'keɪʃ(ə)n] or ['spɛsəfə'keʃən]
Definition
(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.
(noun.) a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
(noun.) naming explicitly.
Edited by Christine--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of specifying or determining by a mark or limit; notation of limits.
(n.) The designation of particulars; particular mention; as, the specification of a charge against an officer.
(n.) 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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Designation (of properties), characterization.[2]. Particularization, detailed statement.
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Examples
- Siemens in the provisional specification of his British patent No. 2,064, of 1857, but it does not seem at that time to have been carried out with any practical result. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- A brake was provided for in the specification, as were also variable gears for changing speed, and an automatic blower for the fire. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In quaint and old-fashioned English, the patent specification proceeds as follows: _ANNE_, by the grace of God, &c. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- At this early date no drawings were attached to patents, and the specification dwells more on the function of the machine than the instrumentalities employed. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Now, let there be a right specification betwixt us, and let it be this. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- You've rather got into a habit of that, lately; but perhaps it was for want of a right specification betwixt us. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Specifications had been drawn, and I had signed and sworn to the application for patents for these seventy-eight inventions, and naturally I supposed they had been filed in the regular way. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The Wrights submitted a bid, proposing to deliver a machine that would meet the specifications for $25,000. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- THE EDISON FEEDER SYSTEM TO quote from the preamble of the specifications of United States Patent No. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Speed was a very important factor in the government’s specifications for a successful airship, and the price to be paid depended on this, which had been calculated to be forty miles an hour. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- We had two-wire underground feeders, sent without any plans or specifications for their installation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- They could not deny the fact that he had invented the spinning-jenny, but they said that the specifications of his patent were not sufficiently clear. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- They would come to our office in New York, at '65,' to talk over the specifications, the cost, and other things. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It was said that no rails produced under the specifications provided by them had yet developed any fissures. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Edison's ideas, as expressed in the specifications of this patent, show very clearly the close analogy of his system to that now in vogue. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The holes are then machine bored at the respective points, sufficiently deep to reduce the weight to exact specifications. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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