What is the meaning of Specificity?

The state of being specific rather than general.

The extent to which a characteristic is specific to a given person, place, or thing; thus:

  1. The probability, in a binary classification test, of a true negative being correctly identified.

    The probability, in a binary classification test, of a true negative being correctly identified.

    The extent to which a particular diagnostic test is specific for, or a symptom or sign is specific to, a given condition.

    Source: wiktionary.org