degree of specificity

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degree
noun
uk /dɪˈɡriː/ us /dɪˈɡriː/
(an) amount or level ...
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specificity
noun[U]
uk /ˌspes.ɪˈfɪs.ə.ti/ us /ˌspes.əˈfɪs.ə.t̬i/
the quality of being specific (= clear ...
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Examples of degree of specificity

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Like internal efficacy, this orientation concerns one's self-confidence in a political environment, but it does so with a much higher degreeofspecificity.
The simplest interpretation of these observations is that some degreeofspecificity present in vivo has been lost in vitro.
Previous studies indicate that the interaction between the tapeworm and its copepod intermediate host is characterized by a high degreeofspecificity.
However, because of the rarity of nous in that corpus, the correlation of nous with degreeofspecificity and restriction was not very robust.
It was considered that these neuropathological findings confer a certain degreeofspecificity to the disease.
Thus, by removing sounds from the flux of causality, recording affords the possibility of studying sounds with a degreeofspecificity and detail heretofore unimagined.
I shall argue that some degreeofspecificity would improve the chromatic signal-to-noise ratio, whereas complete specificity would confer little additional advantage.
For instance, rules require advance determination of the law's content because of the high degreeofspecificity involved in their formulation.
These findings are consistent with a high degreeofspecificity of labeling by the two primary antibodies.
Even a moderate degreeofspecificity would substantially improve signal-to-noise ratio.
It is the degreeofspecificity of the process to the state that will determine whether it is trusted to be a valid marker of the state.
The all-encompassing semantic capacity of natural, everyday language is bought at the price of a low degreeofspecificity as far as the identification of statements' truth conditions is concerned.
Case control studies are relatively simple and economical but their success is often dependent upon the degreeofspecificity in questioning.
The optimal degreeofspecificity of legal rules under different environmental conditions and the functionality of these rules or standards are the subjects of the present study.
This paper contributes to this literature in general, and in particular offers a framework for identifying the optimal degreeofspecificity of legal rules in various legal and institutional contexts.
First, these results suggest some degreeofspecificity in terms of the strength of relationships between each form of childhood trauma and the risk of any physical problems during adulthood.
We do not think that these provisions are necessary on the statute book in the degreeofspecificity which the amendment suggests.
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In other words, the law must set out the circumstances in which interception may take place with a reasonable degreeofspecificity.
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