SPECIALISATIONS Synonyms

• a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)

• a subject of study

• a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve

• a particular environment or walk of life

• a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function

• the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary

• a division of some larger or more complex organization

• a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant

• a part of a forked or branching shape

• a natural consequence of development

• a stream or river connected to a larger one

• any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm

• grow and send out branches or branch-like structures

• divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

• the strength of a solution; number of molecules of a substance in a given volume

• the spatial property of being crowded together

• strengthening the concentration (as of a solute in a mixture) by removing diluting material

• increase in density

• complete attention; intense mental effort

• bringing together military forces

• great and constant diligence and attention

• a branch of knowledge

• a system of rules of conduct or method of practice

• the trait of being well behaved

• training to improve strength or self-control

• the act of disciplining

• develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control

• punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience

• a particular environment or walk of life

• territory over which rule or control is exercised

• (mathematics) the set of values of the independent variable for which a function is defined

• people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest

• the content of a particular field of knowledge

• skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge

• a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed

• a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought

• somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected

• a branch of knowledge

• the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it

• a particular kind of commercial enterprise

• a particular environment or walk of life

• a piece of land prepared for playing a game

• extensive tract of level open land

• (mathematics) a set of elements such that addition and multiplication are commutative and associative and multiplication is distributive over addition and there are two elements 0 and 1

• a region in which active military operations are in progress

• all of the horses in a particular horse race

• all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event

• a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found

• (computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information

• the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument)

• a place where planes take off and land

• catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket

• play as a fielder

• answer adequately or successfully

• select (a team or individual player) for a game

• the concentration of attention or energy on something

• maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system

• maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea

• a central point or locus of an infection in an organism

• special emphasis attached to something

• a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges

• a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section

• direct one's attention on something

• cause to converge on or toward a central point

• bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions

• become focussed or come into focus

• put (an image) into focus

• the subject matter of a conversation or discussion

• something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation

• a branch of knowledge

• some situation or event that is thought about

• (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated

• a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation

• a person who owes allegiance to that nation

• (logic) the first term of a proposition

• possibly accepting or permitting

• being under the power or sovereignty of another or others

• likely to be affected by something

• cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to

• make accountable for

• make subservient; force to submit or subdue

• the act of specializing; making something suitable for a special purpose

• the special line of work you have adopted as your career

• (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function

• a discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes

• the mathematical process of obtaining the derivative of a function

• (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function

• an individualized description of a particular instance

• the concentration of your efforts on a particular field of study or occupation

• the special line of work you have adopted as your career

• an asset of special worth or utility

• a distinguishing trait

• the special line of work you have adopted as your career