specific case
collocation in Englishmeaningsofspecificandcase
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specific
adjective
uk/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/us/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/
relating to one thing and not ...
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case
noun
uk/keɪs/us/keɪs/
a particular situation or example ...
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(Definition ofspecificandcasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofspecific case
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To discuss thisspecificcase, we need more notation.
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Thisspecificcasewill be briefly discussed later.
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In thisspecificcase, the protons are not well focused by the static electric potential.
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This will be examined in greater detail for eachspecificcasein the following sections.
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Thespecificcaseunder examination involves the acoustic properties of transitional schwa.
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So far, we have dealt only with thespecificcasedescribed by equations (1) through (3).
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Suppressed notes are aspecificcaseof the general phenomenon known as ' filling in'.
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Then, we will deduce results in thespecificcaseof flows or dynamical systems.
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Chapter 2 describes the periods of immigration and thespecificcasestudies.
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In thespecificcaseof sawmills surveyed, the size of management personnel had increased.
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In thisspecificcase, family planning programmes are intensive of medical and paramedical labour services.
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The project focused on aspecificcasestudy of teaching and learning improvisation.
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For computational purposes, we limit ourselves to thespecificcaseof a two-dimensional incompressible wake.
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Figure 4 shows such variations of the incident and reflected waves for aspecificcase.
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These template elements comprise an applicationspecificcasesystem, but a case system nonetheless.
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Aspecificcasein point is the recent philosophical debate on equality versus priority.
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In thisspecificcasethe relevant ethical question can be succinctly posed.
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The findings suggested the need for culturespecificcasemethodology training sessions for both case leaders and students.
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In thespecificcaseof reading, these include (minimally) the networks that support vision, attention, eye-movement control, and language.
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In this paper we keep to thespecificcaseof subsidies to environmental projects (abatement) when pollution is transboundary.
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However, it should be possible to verify the assumption of high friction for thespecificcaseto be studied.
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Even though it was a particular person talking, he was to talk about more than his ownspecificcase.
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This meant that its validity rested firmly and directly on thespecificcasefrom which it was drawn.
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