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Specificate
- - To show, mark, or designate the species, or the distinguishing particulars of; to specify.
Specificity
- noun - the quality of being specific rather than general; "add a desirable note of specificity to the discussion"; "the specificity of the symptoms of the disease"
- the quality of being specific to a particular organism; "host specificity of a parasite"
Spectacular
- adjective - a lavishly produced performance; "they put on a Christmas spectacular"
- characteristic of spectacles or drama; "spectacular dives from the cliff"
- having a quality that thrusts itself into attention;
- sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect; "a dramatic sunset"; "a dramatic pause"; "a spectacular display of northern lights"; "it was a spectacular play"; "his striking good looks always created a sensation"
Spectrogram
- noun - a photographic record of a spectrum
Spectrology
- - The science of spectrum analysis in any or all of its relations and applications.
Speculating
- verb - invest at a risk; "I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating"
- reflect deeply on a subject;
- talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion; "We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal"
- to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
Speculation
- noun - a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence); "speculations about the outcome of the election"; "he dismissed it as mere conjecture"
- a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
- an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits; "he knew the stock was a speculation when he bought it"
- continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature; "the habit of meditation is the basis for all real knowledge"
Speculatist
- - One who speculates, or forms theories; a speculator; a theorist.
Speculative
- adjective - not based on fact or investigation; "a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs"; "speculative knowledge"
- not financially safe or secure; "a bad investment"; "high risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky"; "speculative business enterprises"
- showing curiosity; "if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow"