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   special

   /ˈspɛʃl/

   adjective

   • 1. better, greater, or otherwise different from what is usual: "they always made a special effort at Christmas" Similar exceptionalparticularextra specialunusualmarkedsingularuncommonnotablenoteworthyremarkableoutstandinguniqueinformal:speshmomentoussignificantmemorableof momentsignalimportanthistoricfestivegalared-letterOpposite ordinary
   • ▪ exceptionally good or pleasant: "she's a very special person" Similar exceptionalparticularextra specialunusualmarkedsingularuncommonnotablenoteworthyremarkableoutstandinguniqueinformal:speshOpposite ordinary
   • ▪ (of a subject) studied in particular depth: "I wanted to take the Crusades as my special subject"
   • 2. belonging specifically to a particular person or place: "we want to preserve our town's special character" Similar distinctivedistinctindividualparticularspecificcertainpeculiardefiniteexpresspreciseOpposite general
   • ▪ designed or organized for a particular person, purpose, or occasion: "we will return by special coaches" Similar specificparticularpurpose-builttailor-madecustom-built
   • ▪ used to denote education for students with particular educational requirements arising from physical or intellectual disability or behavioural difficulties.
   • 3. denoting a group consisting of matrices of unit determinant.

   noun

   • 1. a thing, such as a product or broadcast, that is designed or organized for a particular occasion or purpose: "television's election night specials"
   • ▪ a dish not on the regular menu at a restaurant but served on a particular day: "customers queue for such specials as vegetable lasagne"
   • ▪ a person assigned to a special duty; a special constable or special correspondent: "when I went to arrest him he saw that I was a special"
   • ▪ a product or service offered at a temporarily reduced price: "Mrs Hill was a careful shopper, choosing house brands and in-store specials"

   Word Origin Middle English: shortening of Old French especial ‘especial’ or Latin specialis, from species ‘appearance’ (see species).

   Derivatives

   • 1. specialness noun

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2. www.britannica.com › topic › special-educationSpecial education | Inclusion, IEPs & Learning Disabilities

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   Jul 13, 2024 · special education, the education of children who differ socially, mentally, or physically from the average to such an extent that they require modifications of usual school practices. Special education serves children with emotional, behavioral, or cognitive impairments or with intellectual, hearing, vision, speech, or learning disabilities ...

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3. www.britannica.com › science › special-relativitySpecial relativity | Definition & Equation | Britannica

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   Jul 5, 2024 · Special relativity is limited to objects that are moving with respect to inertial frames of reference—i.e., in a state of uniform motion with respect to one another such that one cannot, by purely mechanical experiments, distinguish one from the other.

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4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Special_relativitySpecial relativity - Wikipedia

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   1 day ago · In physics, the special theory of relativity, or special relativity for short, is a scientific theory of the relationship between space and time. In Albert Einstein 's 1905 treatment, the theory is presented as being based on just two postulates : [p 1] [1] [2]

5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › DisabilityDisability - Wikipedia

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   2 days ago · e. Disability is the experience of any condition that makes it more difficult for a person to do certain activities or have equitable access within a given society. [1] Disabilities may be cognitive, developmental, intellectual, mental, physical, sensory, or a combination of multiple factors.

6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › SpeciesSpecies - Wikipedia

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   1 day ago · A species (pl.: species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.

7. www.regular-expressions.info › charactersRegex Tutorial - Literal Characters and Special Characters

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   Jul 2, 2024 · In the regex flavors discussed in this tutorial, there are 12 characters with special meanings: the backslash \, the caret ^, the dollar sign $, the period or dot ., the vertical bar or pipe symbol |, the question mark ?, the asterisk or star *, the plus sign +, the opening parenthesis (, the closing parenthesis ), the opening square bracket [, ...

8. www.britannica.com › science › time-dilationTime dilation | Definition, Equation, Examples, & Facts

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   Jul 16, 2024 · Time dilation, in special relativity, the ‘slowing down’ of a clock as seen by an observer in relative motion with respect to that clock.