pete said:
... or several specific applications, as do the higher numbered forms (and we all could be wrong, but that's life LOL)
Isn't the phrase "several specific applications" kind of an oxymoron? That just don't make sense to me brutha.
:idunno:
SEVERAL
Main Entry:
2several
Function:
pronoun, plural in construction
: an indefinite number more than two and fewer than many <
several of the guests>
SPECIFIC
Main Entry:
1spe·cif·ic
Pronunciation:
spi-'si-fik
Function: adjective
Etymology: Late Latin specificus, from Latin species
1 a : constituting or falling into a specifiable category
b : sharing or being those properties of something that allow it to be referred to a particular category
2 a : restricted to a particular individual, situation, relation, or effect <a disease
specific to horses>
b : exerting a distinctive influence (as on a body part or a disease) <
specific antibodies>
3 : free from ambiguity
: ACCURATE <a
specific statement of faith>
4 : of, relating to, or constituting a
species and especially a biologic species
5 a : being any of various arbitrary physical constants and especially one relating a quantitative attribute to unit mass, volume, or area
b : imposed at a fixed rate per unit (as of weight or count) <
specific import duties> -- compare
AD VALOREM
synonym see
SPECIAL,
EXPLICIT
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spe·cif·i·cal·ly /
-fi-k(&-)lE/ adverb