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specificity

[spes-uh-fis-i-tee] / ˌspɛs əˈfɪs ɪ ti /


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It achieved an average detection accuracy of 97.79%, along with a sensitivity of 99.86% and a specificity of 95.72%.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

The unresolved trade issues between the two sides, a list that is almost comical in both its breadth and specificity, suggests why Ford has so much pull.

From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026

At 98% specificity, meaning the test produced few false positives, it identified about 63% of cancers across all stages.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

So yeah, I think as long as we’re all leaning into this specificity, doing so in community, maybe that’s how we get to stretch culture.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

It is not surprising that the history of science is a problematic activity, because science itself constantly claims to escape from its own temporal specificity, its own artificiality.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton



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