Hypertext Webster Gateway: "specialization"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Specialization \Spe`cial*i*za"tion\, n.
1. The act of specializing, or the state of being
spezialized.
2. (Biol.) The setting apart of a particular organ for the
performance of a particular function. --Darwin.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
specialization
n 1: the act of specializing; making something suitable for a
special purpose [syn: {specialisation}]
2: the special line of work you have adopted as your career;
"his specialization is gastroenterology" [syn: {specialisation},
{specialty}, {speciality}, {specialism}]
3: the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular
function; "cell differentiation in the developing embryo"
[syn: {specialisation}, {differentiation}]
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