specifiern.
a. One who specifies; the writer or drawer up of a patent specification.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun] > formal or authoritative permission > one who specifies
specifier1758
the mind > will > intention > planning > [noun] > a plan > detailed plan > one who makes
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blueprinter1887
1758 in 6th Rep. Deputy Keeper (1845) App. ii. 157 Henry Raminger..: For..Bullets of Lead, (made by machines invented by the Specifier).
1787 in 6th Rep. Deputy Keeper (1845) App. ii. 177 An instrument (discovered by the Specifier's father, and by him imparted).
b. That which specifies.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [noun] > that which specifies
specifier1954
1954 A. J. Ayer Philos. Ess. iii. 61 Let us say of any two singular referential statements S and S′..that S is a specifier of S′ if and only if S′ is not a component of S, S entails S′, and S′ does not entail S.
1964 E. A. Nida Toward Sci. Translating xii. 258 As the data are analyzed both semantically and structurally, certain ‘specifiers’ can be associated with the elements in question, as tags of identification. In the comparison stage, the specifiers of the source-language text are matched with specifiers of the receptor language, so that the corresponding semantic and structural elements are properly identified.
1971 G. Ansre in J. Spencer Eng. Lang. W. Afr. 162 The word classes: adjective, quantifier, specifier, pluraliser and intensifier respectively.
Draft additions 1993
1. One who specifies.
a. The writer or drawer-up of a patent specification.
b. Commerce and Industry. One who draws up specifications for the materials, dimensions, etc. of a product or project (see specification n. 4d).
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [noun] > quality of being specific or detailed > of projected work > one who
specifier1964
1949 (title) The construction specifier..published quarterly by the Construction Specifications Institute, Inc.]
1964 Builder 17 Apr. 804/1 Some specifiers always used the same suppliers (including wholesalers) or the same brands on quite different kinds of jobs.
1971 Cabinet Maker & Retail Furnisher 1 Oct. 11/1 Lloyd Duncan are continuing to handle sales to direct specifiers, including the furniture industry.
1976 Liverpool Echo 23 Nov. 11/1 (advt.) National building company seeks experienced specifier representatives.
1986 Independent 18 Nov. 6/2 £5,000m is wasted because of bad design and wrong specifications... If the industry, and that includes architects, specifiers and builders, got its act together..all this money would be invested in building new homes or repairing existing..houses.
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