specific vs umbrella

specific

noun
  • The details; particulars. 

  • A remedy for a specific disease or condition. 

  • Specification 

  • A distinguishing attribute or quality. 

adj
  • of a value divided by mass (e.g. specific orbital energy) 

  • similarly referring to a value divided by any measure which acts to standardize it (e.g. thrust specific fuel consumption, referring to fuel consumption divided by thrust) 

  • Serving to identify a particular thing (often a disease or condition), with little risk of mistaking something else for it. 

  • Hyponyms: monospecific, multispecific, oligospecific, paucispecific 

  • intended for, or applying to, a particular thing. 

  • limited to a particular antibody or antigen. 

  • a measure compared with a standard reference value by division, to produce a ratio without unit or dimension (e.g. specific refractive index is a pure number, and is relative to that of air) 

  • pertaining to a species, as a taxon or taxa at the rank of species. 

  • special, distinctive or unique. 

  • being a remedy for a particular disease on a deeper level, rather than just masking the symptoms 

  • explicit or definite. 

umbrella

noun
  • Something that covers a wide range of concepts, purposes, groups, etc. 

  • The main body of a jellyfish, excluding the tentacles. 

  • A cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun. 

  • Generally, anything that provides protection. 

  • An umbrella-shaped reflector with a white or silvery inner surface, used to diffuse a nearby light. 

verb
  • To move like a jellyfish. 

  • To cover or protect, as if by an umbrella. 

  • To form the dome shape of an open umbrella. 

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