specialization : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: specialization	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for specialization
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
specialization n the act of specializing; making something suitable for a special purpose Synonym(s): specialization, specialisation the special line of work you have adopted as your career; "his specialization is gastroenterology" Synonym(s): specialization, specialisation, specialty, speciality, specialism (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function; "cell differentiation in the developing embryo" Synonym(s): specialization, specialisation, differentiation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Specialization \Spe`cializa"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.