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Alternative spellings

specialisation

Noun

The process of specialize|specializing.
:1973, q:Robert A. Heinlein#Time Enough For Love (1973)|Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough For Love
::A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Specialization \Spe`cial*i*za"tion\, n.
1. The act of specializing, or the state of being
spezialized.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Biol.) The setting apart of a particular organ for the
performance of a particular function. --Darwin.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet 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: (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a
particular function; "cell differentiation in the
developing embryo" [syn: specialisation, differentiation]

Moby Dictionary
alteration , analysis , anatomization , area , art , atomization , bag ,
business , calling , career , career building , careerism , change ,
craft , cup of tea , demarcation , desynonymization , differencing ,
differentiation , discrimination , disequalization , disjunction ,
distinction , distinguishment , diversification , division , field ,
forte , game , handicraft , individualization , individuation ,
itemization , lifework , line , line of business , line of work ,
localization , long suit , main interest , manner , metier , mission ,
modification , mystery , number , occupation , particularization ,
peculiarization , personalization , pet subject , practice ,
profession , pursuit , racket , segregation , separation ,
severalization , severance , specialism , speciality , specialty ,
strong point , style , technicality , thing , trade , type , variation ,
vocation , walk , walk of life , way , weakness , work