Specs

Definition: Specs

Specs

Noun

1. Optical instrument consisting of a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "specs" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1852. (references)

Census

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Synonyms: Specs

Crosswords: Specs

I studied the Tok'ra specs of the ship while we were on Vorash. (Stargate SG-1; writing credit: Robert C. Cooper; Brad Wright)

Seein' is believin' so you better change your specs (It Wasn't Me; performing artist: Shaggy)

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Books

• Beau Specs [UNABRIDGED] (reference)

• Consumer Guide Auto 93: Prices, Reports, Specs (reference)

• Find the Specs (Let's Read Together) (reference)

• Handbook of Construction Contracting: Plans, Specs, Building (reference)

• Petersen's Big Book of Auto Repair, Complete Specs on 1967 1983 American Cars 10th Edition (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Fleet Owner Equipment Specs And Buyers Directory (reference)

• Gas Turbine World Performance Specs (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Music

• Reagent Specs (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• 480 HIGH SECURITY PAP-SHREDDER MEETS DOD SPECS (reference)

• Smart-ups 1500va 120v Line-int 8out Govt Specific Specs (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Woodshop Specs 70610 +1.0 Bifocal Safety Glasses (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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NOAA Ship DAVID STARR JORDAN as seen from MD500 helicopter during marine mammal studies in the tropical east Pacific Ocean. White specs are from marine mammals breaking the surface of the water. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

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Albanian

syze (barnacle, eyeglass, eyeglasses, eyepiece, glass, glasses, goggles, lens, ocular, spectacles). (various references)

Arabic 

‏نظارة عيون. (various references)

Bulgarian 

очила (barnacle, eyeglasses, glasses, goggles, spectacles). (various references)

Chinese 

存储程序教育计算机 (SPEC). (various references)

Czech

brejle (spectacles). (various references)

Farsi 

مشخصات (Characteristic, Specification), عینک (Glass). (various references)

French

spécification (specification, specifications), lunettes (spectacles). (various references)

German

Brille (eye glasses, eyeglasses, glasses, goggles, spectacles, toilet seat). (various references)

Greek 

ματογυαλιά (eyeglasses, glasses, spectacles), διόπτρα (alidate, diopter, dioptre). (various references)

Hungarian

szemüveg (eyeglasses, glasses, pair of eye-glasses, spectacles), specifikáció, részletes leírás (specification). (various references)

Italian

occhiali (glass, glasses, goggles, spectacles). (various references)

Korean 

spec. (various references)

Pig Latin

ecsspay

Portuguese

óculos (eyeglasses, glass, glasses, spectacles, telescope). (various references)

Russian 

очки (eyeglasses, glass, glasses, spectacles). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

naočari (eyeglasses, spectacles). (various references)

Spanish

especificaciones (specification). (various references)

Swedish

brillor. (various references)

Turkish

gözlük (a pair of eyeglasses, a pair of spectacles, eyeglasses, glasses, goggles, spectacles). (various references)

Ukrainian

окуляри (barnacle, barnacles, glasses, peepers, spectacles). (various references)

Misspellings

"Specs" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aspecs, espec, Psdec, Rspce, sbec, Sebcs, sechs, secms, secs, secus, Secys, Sesca, Sewcz, sfec, sgec, speces, speci, spect, specy, spek, Spesh, spets, Spex, spocs, svec, syec, szec. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: ceps, cess, pecs, secs, spec.

-2 letters: cep, ess, pec, pes, sec.

-3 letters: es, pe.

+1 letter: copses, scapes, scopes, spaces, specks, spices.

+2 letters: aspects, capless, cesspit, corpses, cypress, escapes, escarps, parsecs, percuss, precess, process, psyches, scapose, schleps, scrapes, secpars, septics, spacers, species, spences, spicers, splices, spruces, suspect.

+3 letters: auspices, beclasps, bicepses, campuses, capiases, capsizes, capsules, cesspits, cesspool, claspers, closeups, composes, compress, corpuses, crispens, crispers, crispest, cropless, cuspides, cypreses, cypruses, discepts, eclipses, eclipsis, enclasps, episcias, escalops, escapees, escapers, escapism, escapist, hospices, inscapes, inspects, misspace, packness, peascods, pectases, precasts, precises, princess, prosects, pschents, putsches, pycnoses, reclasps, respaces, respects, scaleups, scalpels, scalpers, scampers, scampies, scarpers, scaupers, scepters, sceptics, sceptres, schappes, schlepps, scoopers, scrapers, scrapies, screwups, scruples, scuppers, seascape, shoepacs, skeptics, slipcase, spaciest, spackles, spadices, spancels, specials, specious, speckles, specters, spectres, speeches, spencers, spherics, spiciest, spicules, splicers, sprucest, subspace, suspects, syncopes, upscales.