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• n  (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function
• n  the act of specializing; making something suitable for a special purpose
• n  the special line of work you have adopted as your career

• Adam Smith of course wrote in his book many things about the "Wealth of A Nation (the concept of specialisation for example being pivotal for productivity and growth).

• specialization
• differentiation
• specialty
• speciality
• specialism

News & Articles

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• Fusionex Wins the Data Analytics & Innovation Award at the 2013 Big Data World Asia Event
  SINGAPORE, Oct. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Fusionex (LSE: FXI), an international provider of enterprise software solutions with a specialisation in Business Analytics & Big Data, has won the coveted Data ...
  Oct. 8, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Vladimir Zhirinovsky in Reuters UK
  Lugovoy will work in a committee close to his specialisation. It will be probably the security committee, probably as a deputy head,said Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the head of the nationalist LDPR party.
• Russell Ciochon in NEWS.com.au
  Pandas are very unique bears - the only bear species that is known to exist on a wholly vegetarian diet,said Dr Ciochon. "The evolution of this unique dietary specialisation probably took millions of years to refine. Our new discovery...
• Julie Bishop in The Age
  The era of universities being forced into a one-size-fits-all model is now over,Ms Bishop said. "These reforms will allow more world-class universities to emerge and encourage : specialisation."