specialization

About 5.04 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The act or process of specializing.
2. noun The area in which someone specializes.
3. noun The adaptation of an organism to a specific environment, or adaptation of an organ to a particular function.
4. noun A proof, axiom, problem, or definition whose cases are completely covered by another, broader concept.

   A triangle is a specialization of a polygon to one with exactly three sides.

Similar words

specialism specialty speciality differentiation specialisation specialized specialist skill professionalization expertise

Often followed by

of in and is for has within that was

Word family

specializations