Specific vs Lucid - What's the difference?
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explicit or definite
(sciences) Pertaining to a species.
*2008 , (Richard Dawkins), The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing , Oxford 2009, p. 3:
*:Science and literature, then, are the two achievements of Homo sapiens that most convincingly justify the specific name.
(taxonomy) pertaining to a taxon at the rank of species
special, distinctive or unique
intended for, or applying to a particular thing
being a remedy for a particular disease
* Coleridge
(immunology) limited to a particular antibody or antigen
(physics) of a value divided by mass (e.g. specific orbital energy)
(physics) similarly referring to a value divided by any measure which acts to standardize it (e.g. thrust specific fuel consumption, referring to fuel consumption divided by thrust)
(physics) a measure compared with a standard reference value by division, to produce a ratio without unit or dimension (e.g. specific refractive index is a pure number, and is relative to that of air)
A distinguishing attribute or quality.
Something particularly adapted for a particular use, as a remedy for a particular disorder
Specification
(in the plural) The details; particulars.
clear; easily understood
* '>citation
mentally rational; sane
bright, luminous, translucent or transparent
A lucid dream.
* 1986 , Benjamin B. Wolman, Montague Ullman, Handbook of states of consciousness (page 163)
Specific is a related term of lucid.
As adjectives the difference between specific and lucid
is that specific is explicit or definite while lucid is clear; easily understood.As nouns the difference between specific and lucid
is that specific is a distinguishing attribute or quality while lucid is a lucid dream.specific
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Alternative forms
* specifick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- Quinine is a specific medicine in cases of malaria.
- In fact, all medicines will be found specific in the perfection of the science.
Antonyms
* all-purpose * broad * general * general-purpose * generic * gross * nonspecific * overall * pandemic * universal * unspecific * widespreadDerived terms
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* genericNoun
(en noun)Derived terms
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Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* clear * coherent * fluent * pellucid * perspicuous * straightforward * see-through * transparentDerived terms
* lucid dream * lucidity (noun) * lucidly (adverb)Noun
(en noun)- The day before nightmare-initiated lucids , subjects reported more depressed feelings