specification has definitions from the field of writing
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[ noun ] a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work

Synonyms

spec

Used in print

(Handbook of Federal Aids to Communities. U.S. Dep...)

These problems frequently arise where a firm is making items for the Government not directly along the lines of its normal civilian business or where the Government specifications require operations that the firm did not understand when it undertook the contract .

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[ 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

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document law

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[ noun ] naming explicitly

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naming assign

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[ noun ] a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement

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stipulation

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restriction stipulate

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