Special case

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A specialized instance of a more general phenomenon, category, etc.

    "For quotations using this term, see Citations:special case."

  2. 2
    A specialized instance of a more general phenomenon, category, etc.; A class of phenomena that is a subset of a more general class.

    "Habermas, e.g., put forward that the legal discourse should not be understood as a special case of the moral discourse because in law next to moral reasons there are also ethical and pragmatic reasons to play a legitimate part (J. Habermas, Between Facts and Norms, 230 ff.)."

  3. 3
    A specialized instance of a more general phenomenon, category, etc.; A theorem or other statement that follows directly from a more general statement.

    "This is a special case of equation 4.9.10 with h(x)#61;K#95;v(#92;betax)."

Verb
  1. 1
    To treat something as a special case; to handle in an explicitly different way. ambitransitive

    "Special-casing the 100 most common words in English might speed things up."

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