specialization

Meanings

Plural: specializations

Noun

• the act of specializing; making something suitable for a special purpose
• the special line of work you have adopted as your career
  • "his specialization is gastroenterology"
• (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function
• The act or process of specializing.
• The area in which someone specializes.
• The adaptation of an organism to a specific environment, or adaptation of an organ to a particular function.
• A proof, axiom, problem, or definition whose cases are completely covered by another, broader concept.

Synonyms

concretization, differentiation, individualization, particularization, singularization, specialisation, specialism, speciality, specialization, specialty

Antonyms

abstraction, generalization

Related Words

speciation