specificity

Academic Word List, sublist 1.

About 7.31 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The state of being specific rather than general.
2. noun The extent to which a characteristic is specific to a given person, place, or thing; thus: The probability, in a binary classification test, of a true negative being correctly identified.
3. noun The probability, in a binary classification test, of a true negative being correctly identified.
4. noun The extent to which a particular diagnostic test is specific for, or a symptom or sign is specific to, a given condition.

Similar words

specific distinctiveness concrete particular accuracy precise precision accurate realization characteristic

Often followed by

of and in for is to as was that

Word family

specific specifically specification specifications specificities specifics