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informal term for spectacles or for technical specifications
He pushed his specs up his nose and squinted at the screen.
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An informal clipping, either of spectacles (from Latin spectaculum, from spectare 'to watch') or of specifications (from Latin species + facere); both ultimately rest on Latin specere ('to look').
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