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Specific may refer to:

Law

Specific deterrence, aimed at an individual
Specific finding, intermediate verdict used by a jury in determining the final verdict
Specific jurisdiction over an out-of-state party, specific to cases that have a substantial connection to the party's in-state activity
Order of specific performance, court order to perform a specific act

Asset specificity, the extent to which the investments made to support a particular transaction have a higher value to that transaction than they would have if they were redeployed for any other purpose
Specific identification (inventories), summing purchase costs of all inventory items
Specific rate duty, duty paid at a specific amount per unit
Specific risk, risk that affects a very small number of assets

Domain specificity, theory that many aspects of cognition are supported by specialized, presumably evolutionarily specified, learning devices
Specific developmental disorder, disorders in which development is delayed in one specific area or areas, and in which basically all other areas of development are not affected
Specific learning disability
Specific phobia, phobia of a specific thing or situation
- Specific social phobia, triggered only by specific social situations

pertaining to a species
- Specific name (botany), species name of a plant
- Specific name (zoology), species name of an animal
Specific appetite, drive to eat foods with specific flavors or other characteristics
Specific granule, secretory vesicle in granulocytes
Specific immunity, to a particular pathogen
Specific Pathogen Free, of a laboratory animal guaranteed free of particular (i.e., specific and named) pathogens

A specific quantity generally means a physical quantity normalized "per unit" of something (often mass).
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Specific creation, creationism as opposed to evolution
Specific interval, shortest possible clockwise distance between pitch classes on the chromatic circle
Specific integral, in calculus, eliminates the constant of integration
Specific Physical Preparedness, being prepared for the movements in a specific physical activity (usually a sport)