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specification

[spes-uh-fi-key-shuhn] / ˌspɛs ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən /


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Arcade said it has also contributed directly to the open-source MCP specification and open-source technology that lets customers build their own MCP servers with the same capabilities.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 15, 2026

Imports from the US meanwhile, while growing, have been constrained by the fact that the US aviation market uses a different fuel specification to most of the rest of the world.

From BBC May 3, 2026

The job specification describes the role as one of "the most important, high-profile public posts in the UK".

From Barron's Nov. 24, 2025

Beyond the individual car set-up - suspension settings, level of downforce and so forth - fundamentally, both cars are in the same specification.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2025

The very earliest events in the specification of an embryo—the specification of the body axis, of front and back, and left versus right—were among the last to be understood.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

But online, pairs that meet safety specifications have all but sold out.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Rather than relying on SpaceX's published specifications, the team reconstructed the rocket's performance by extracting telemetry from publicly available video of its first four integrated flight tests.

From Science Daily Jul. 11, 2026

As it rapidly rearms, Berlin is increasingly giving priority to speed of delivery over sophisticated specifications.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 24, 2026

The order directs the Energy Department to set technical specifications, which will likely include the number and quality of qubits—the basic units of information in quantum computing.

From Barron's Jun. 22, 2026

Every piece of equipment had to be machined to the most demanding specifications and designed for the heaviest duty.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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