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specialization

  • noun
  • spe·cial·i·za·tion
  • [ˌspɛʃəlaɪ̯ˈzeɪ̯ʃn̩]

The act or process of specializing.

Other meanings

  1. The area in which someone specializes.

  2. The adaptation of an organism to a specific environment, or adaptation of an organ to a particular function.

Related words

  • hyperspecialization
  • overspecialization
  • subspecialization
  • superspecialization
  • ultraspecialization

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “specialization” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.