Add a desirable note of specificity to the discussion. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The specificity of the symptoms of the disease. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Host specificity of a parasite. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Sakmann discovered how this specificity is accomplished. From Wordnik.com. [Physiology or Medicine 1991 - Press Release] Reference
A lack of causal specificity is a problem for OOL. From Wordnik.com. [Bits and Pieces of an RNA World] Reference
Generalizations can be funny, but specificity is better. From Wordnik.com. [The Secret of Writing Funny | Write to Done] Reference
Bradford: A lack of causal specificity is a problem for OOL. From Wordnik.com. [Bits and Pieces of an RNA World] Reference
At first sight it looks as if the specificity is pushed very far. From Wordnik.com. [Charles Richet - Nobel Lecture] Reference
A lack of causal specificity is a primary complaint I have against OOL. From Wordnik.com. [Again, there is absolutely no teleology involved] Reference
A lack of real specificity is the more important theme of the controversy. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a popular anti-ID argument] Reference
And there's the brilliant way to explain specificity numbers with Stormtroopers and Emperors. From Wordnik.com. [Knowledge is Power: CSS Archives] Reference
I agree that gender-specificity is a narrowing, and I think that your hypothesis of 'not in front of the ...' is useful. From Wordnik.com. [On Profanity: 3] Reference
Wigfield, Guthrie, Tonks, & Perencevich (2004) wrote about “the nature and domain specificity of reading motivation.”. From Wordnik.com. [Motivation for Learning Reading Skill « Literacy Articles « Articles « Literacy News] Reference
Finally, time and place play an integral role in Chabon’s work, but here specificity is lost. From Wordnik.com. [Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat] Reference
Glitch is I think exactly about specificity, which is where you finish - it's about richness, complexity and surprise. From Wordnik.com. [the-inbetween.com] Reference
Tagging effectiveness can be measured by means of two related parameters: term / tag specificity and indexing / tagging exhaustivity. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
This current federal legislation lacks specificity which is the problem. From Wordnik.com. [Response to "Myths and Facts H.R. 875 �� The Food Safety Modernization Act"] Reference
Fundamental Rights; the "specificity" of the common foreign and security policy. From Wordnik.com. [If it Quacks Like a Constitution...] Reference
But again, I didn't go into that kind of specificity or detail with the scientists. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 5, 2002] Reference
If you have this kind of specificity, you are actually being an effective parent, rather than an enabler. From Wordnik.com. [Insurance Tattles on Teens | Impact Lab] Reference
Most enzymes will catalyze the reaction of only a few substrates, meaning that they have high "specificity". From Wordnik.com. [Biotransformation] Reference
With that kind of specificity, I just assumed she was part of a local organization and I casually asked what group. From Wordnik.com. [paid to protest? « Magic Lantern Arts] Reference
Factors such as specificity, inheritance, and the order of the rules within a style sheet can all affect the Cascade. From Wordnik.com. [Web Teacher › The Cascade by Example] Reference
Factors such as specificity, inheritance, and the order of the rules within a style sheet can all affect the way rules Cascade. From Wordnik.com. [Web Teacher › The Cascade and ordering external stylesheet links] Reference
But in terms of this kind of specificity, frankly, that was not something that as secretary of state I would have been looking into. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 23, 2004] Reference
If it doesn't have a kind of specificity, then it's irrelevant. From Wordnik.com. [New Statesman] Reference
For those who like "specificity" the official address is 477 Elmwood Ave in Buffalo. From Wordnik.com. [WNYMedia] Reference
And he also argued against the need for "specificity" around what was meant by the word. From Wordnik.com. [CRN Australia - News -] Reference
This does actually speak to the idea of specificity of detail that I’d babbled on about upstream. From Wordnik.com. [War of All Against All: Realism vs Fabulism? Er, No…] Reference
He said his country cannot get into "that kind of specificity unless there is some justification for it.". From Wordnik.com. [The Hindu - Front Page] Reference
Much as that "specificity" may please the natives, does it not also run the risk of alienating everyone else?. From Wordnik.com. [Thestar.com - Home Page] Reference
The US ambassador said his country cannot get into "that kind of specificity unless there is some justification for it.". From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
Experts say benchmarks range in specificity and achievability. From Wordnik.com. [What are Iraq's Benchmarks?] Reference
"The level of specificity is like no other deal we have," says Barshefsky. From Wordnik.com. [A Tale Of Two Cities: Washington] Reference
This is no-frills commerce with the database-specificity of the global Web. From Wordnik.com. [Help Wanted: Think Web] Reference
There is a certain specificity to some of what we do, at least in terms of syntax. From Wordnik.com. [Danke Schoen, Mr. Las Vegas] Reference
Some in the activist world worry that less specificity may mean more years of frustration for families. From Wordnik.com. [The Editor's Desk] Reference
But the bluntness hides a convenient lack of specificity on solutions to the problems he complains about so vividly. From Wordnik.com. [People's Politics] Reference
Lemann shows with searing specificity how Hopkins and her family have repeatedly been laid low by fits of self-destructiveness. From Wordnik.com. [A Tragedy With No Ending] Reference
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