Plural of specificity
regular plural
The plural of specificity is specificities.
Forms of specificity
| Singular | specificity /spɛsɪˈfɪsɪti/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | specificities |
| Countable | usually uncountable |
Specificities in a sentence
- Since the differences in amino acid sequence associated with allotypy are small, rabbit IgG molecules of different allotype share most of their antigenic specificities.2014, Alfred Nisonoff, John E. Hopper, Susan B. Spring, The Antibody Molecule, →ISBN, page 346. From the entry allotypy
Meaning of specificity
- noun The state of being specific rather than general.
- noun The probability, in a binary classification test, of a true negative being correctly identified.
- noun The extent to which a particular diagnostic test is specific for, or a symptom or sign is specific to, a given condition.
Questions about the plural of specificity
- What is the plural of specificity?
- The plural of specificity is specificities.
- Is specificity countable?
- Specificity is usually an uncountable noun; its plural is used for kinds or examples of it.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: specificity (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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