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Dictionary: spec   (spĕk) pronunciation Informal.
n.
  1. specs The specifications, as for a building to be constructed.
  2. Speculation.
tr.v., spec'd, or specced (spĕkt), spec'ing, or spec·cing (spĕk'ĭng), specs, or specs.
To write or supply specifications for.

adj.
  1. Of or relating to specifications: a manufacturer's spec sheet.
  2. Done, constructed, produced, or purchased as a speculation: a spec job; a spec house.
idiom:

on spec

  1. On a speculation basis; with no assurance of profit: houses built on spec; writes TV commercials on spec.

spec'er spec''er n.

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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.

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On drawings, abbr. for specification.


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Spec may refer to:

  • spec is a music video or commercial which its creator produces at his own expense to improve his showreel in order to get a paid job. Often the people involved work for free and there is no video commissioner in between.
  • 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 Ad, an advertising term used when an ad is built to the customers specifications
  • Spec series, a description of Spec racing
  • Spec Miata, a Spec racing class
  • Spec Racer Ford, a Spec racing class
  • Spec RX-7, a Spec racing class
  • Spectinomycin, an antibiotic
  • specification, a term used in engineering, manufacturing and business
  • 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)
  • Spectrophotometer, a device for measuring light intensity and wavelength.
  • Speculation, hypothetical thinking

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Translations: Spec
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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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