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(spĕk) 
Informal.
n.
To write or supply specifications for.
adj.
Informal.n.
- specs The specifications, as for a building to be constructed.
- Speculation.
To write or supply specifications for.
adj.
- Of or relating to specifications: a manufacturer's spec sheet.
- Done, constructed, produced, or purchased as a speculation: a spec job; a spec house.
on spec
- On a speculation basis; with no assurance of profit: houses built on spec; writes TV commercials on spec.
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Speculative; built without a tenant or buyer/user.
Example: A spec office building was erected in an area that had a high recent absorption of such space. The developer and lender were so confident in the project that they built it without an occupant.
Example: A spec office building was erected in an area that had a high recent absorption of such space. The developer and lender were so confident in the project that they built it without an occupant.
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On drawings, abbr. for specification.
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Spec may refer to:
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Specification
- Specification (technical standard), an explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service
- "Spec sheet" or datasheet used to describe something technical
- Building to spec, producing a product in conformance with the specifications
- Spec ad, an advertisement built by an advertising firm to the customer's specifications
- Spec racing, the racing of vehicles that are all built to the same specifications, usually of a particular make and model
- Spec Miata, a spec racing class
- Spec Racer Ford, a spec racing class
- Spec RX-7, a spec racing class
Speculation
- Speculation in the broadest sense of that word—hypothetical thinking, prediction
- Speculation in the economic and financial sense—investing or spending resources with the hope/prediction of future returns
- Work done "on speculation" ("on spec"), meaning that the person or company that did the work did so at their own expense, with the hope that the demonstrable results would spur sales, convincing customers to pay for future such work
- Real estate speculation, buying real estate on the speculation that its value will rise
- Speculative construction, building structures on the speculation that they will find willing buyers (or tenants) once complete
- spec script, a script written by an aspiring screenwriter to act as a sort of written audition as part of the process of obtaining representation by a literary agent
- spec multimedia (e.g., music video, commercial), a piece of content whose creator produces it at his own expense in the hope of landing paid work, to improve his portfolio ("showreel") in order to get a paid job
- Work done "on speculation" ("on spec"), meaning that the person or company that did the work did so at their own expense, with the hope that the demonstrable results would spur sales, convincing customers to pay for future such work
- Speculation in the economic and financial sense—investing or spending resources with the hope/prediction of future returns
Spectinomycin
- Spectinomycin, an antibiotic
Other uses
- Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation, an organization that produces benchmarks
- Columbia Daily Spectator, a student newspaper that is nicknamed the Spec
- Spectrum of a ring, a mathematical structure often written as Spec(R)
- Spectrophotometry, a science of measuring light intensity and wavelength
- Spectrophotometer, an instrument used in spectrophotometry
- GNU Compiler Collection spec file
See also
- SPEC
- Spec sharp Spec#
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Spec
Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - spekulation
adj. - spekulations-
2.
n. - specifikationer
v. tr. - specificere
adj. - specialiseret
Nederlands (Dutch)
specificatie, speciaal
Français (French)
1.
n. - spéculation
adj. - à tout hasard
2.
n. - spécification, description précise, caractéristiques
v. tr. - écrire/fournir des spécifications
adj. - selon les spécifications fournies
Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Spekulation
adj. - Spekulations-
2.
n. - technische Daten, Konstruktionsplan, Baubeschreibung
v. - spezifizieren
adj. - Spekulations-
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - προδιαγραφή, σπέκουλα
adj. - κερδοσκοπικός
Italiano (Italian)
speculazione, specifica
Português (Portuguese)
abbr. - especulação (abr.)
n. - operação especulativa, especulação
adj. - especulador (m)
Русский (Russian)
спекуляция, определение, спецификация, перечень, детализация, подробность (договора), точно определять, обусловливать, специально упоминать, придавать особый характер
Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - especulación
adj. - hecho, construido, producido, etc. como especulación
2.
n. - especificación
v. tr. - especificar
adj. - de especificaciones, relacionado con especificaciones
Svenska (Swedish)
abbr., - n.
adj. - spekulations-
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
投机, 规格, 说明, 做出规格, 投机性建房
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 投機, 規格, 說明
v. tr. - 做出規格
adj. - 投機性建房
한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 투기
adj. - 투기성의, 투기적으로 만들어진, 투기적으로 구입한
2.
n. - 명세서
v. tr. - ~의 명세서를 쓰다
adj. - 명세서의, 명세서와 관련된
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 思惑, 演芸
v. - やまをかけて暗記する, 明細書を書く
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) مضاربه " في ألبورصه " , مواصفات
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - הימור, סיכון, ספקולציה
adj. - נבנה, נוצר, נעשה או נרכש בהימור
n. - מיפרט, פירוט, רשימה מפורטת, הוראות, תיאור מפורט של תוכנית, המצאה וכו'
v. tr. - כתב מיפרט, פירט, נתן הוראות
adj. - של מיפרט
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