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| 1. | of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key. |
| 2. | being a particular one; particular, individual, or certain: You'd better call the special number. |
| 3. | pertaining or peculiar to a particular person, thing, instance, etc.; distinctive; unique: the special features of a plan. |
| 4. | having a specific or particular function, purpose, etc.: a special messenger. |
| 5. | distinguished or different from what is ordinary or usual: a special occasion; to fix something special. |
| 6. | extraordinary; exceptional, as in amount or degree; especial: special importance. |
| 7. | being such in an exceptional degree; particularly valued: a special friend. |
| 8. | a special person or thing. |
| 9. | a train used for a particular purpose, occasion, or the like. |
| 10. | a special edition of a newspaper. |
| 11. | Theater. a spotlight reserved for a particular area, property, actor, etc.: Give me the coffin special. |
| 12. | a temporary, arbitrary reduction in the price of regularly stocked goods, esp. food; a particularly worthwhile offer or price: The special this week is on sirloin steaks. |
| 13. | Television. a single program not forming part of a regular series. |

SPECIAL language, specification
A specification language developed at SRI around 1976.
["SPECIAL - A Specification and Assertion Language", L. Robinson et al, TR CSL-46, SRI, Jan 1977].
[Also known as "HDM"? What's HDM?]
(2004-12-03)