Webster's English Dictionary

Enter the word to look up:

specification

spec.i.fi.ca.tion \.spes-(*-)f*-'ka--sh*n\ n 1: the act or process of 
   specifying  2a: a detailed precise presentation of something or of a plan 
   or proposal f or something - usu. used in pl. 2b: a statement of legal 
   particulars (as of charges or of contract terms);  also : a single item of 
   such statement 2c: a written description of an invention for which a patent 
   is sought