SPECIALITY
Spe`ci*al"i*ty, n.; pl. Specialities. Etym: [See Special, and
Specialty.]
1. A particular or peculiar case; a particularity. Sir M. Hale.
2. (Law)
Defn: See Specialty, 3.
3. The special or peculiar mark or characteristic of a person or thing; that for which a person is specially distinguished; an object of special attention; a special occupation or object of attention; a specialty. On these two general heads all other specialities are depedent. Hooker. Strive, while improving your one talent, to enrich your whole capital as a man. It is in this way that you escape from the wretched narrow- mindedness which is the characteristic of every one who cultivates his speciality. Ld. Lytton. We 'll say, instead, the inconsequent creature man, -For that'a his speciality. Mrs. Browning. Think of this, sir, . . . remote from the impulses of passion, and apart from the specialities — if I may use that strong remark — of prejudice. Dickens.
4. An attribute or quality peculiar to a species.
SPECIALIZATION
Spe`cial*i*za"tion, n.
1. The act of specializing, or the state of being spezialized.
2. (Biol.)
Defn: The setting spart of a particular organ for the performance of a particular function. Darwin.