specificity

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From specific + -ity.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /spɛsɪˈfɪsɪti/

[edit] Noun

specificity (plural specificities)

1. The state of being specific rather than general.
2. (statistics) The probability, in a binary test, of a true negative being correctly identified.
3. (medicine) The extent to which a particular diagnostic test is specific for a given condition.

[edit] Coordinate terms

• (statistics, binary probability): sensitivity

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