specialization

especially British, spe·cial·i·sa·tion

[spesh-uh-luh-zey-shuhn]

noun

1. the act of specializing, or pursuing a particular line of study or work.

   Medical students with high student loans often feel driven into specialization.

2. Biology.,  the adaptation of an organism or organ to a special function or environment.

   Basic biology suggests the selective pressures leading to convergent evolutionary specialization among desert-dwelling species.

3. the act of being restricted to some specific, or the act of becoming specialized.

Other Word Forms

• despecialization noun
• nonspecialization noun
• subspecialization noun
• superspecialization noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of specialization¹

specializ(e) + -ation

Example Sentences

Some of the students are seeking careers as actors, among other entertainment-related pursuits, making the minor a sensible specialization.

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Strong expects to see a raft of specialization and innovation from these smaller lenders as they focus on their respective competitive advantages.

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There’s still no definitive winner among AI models, Sette believes, and Anthropic’s product performs very well in specializations such as coding.

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"These traits likely gave anglerfish an edge in exploiting scarce resources and navigating the extreme conditions of their environment, although we don't have strong evidence directly linking this diversity to this kind of resource specialization."

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Other traits that appear to increase extinction risk, such as body size, wing shape and ecological specialization, are also associated with island insularity.

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