Sekirov Dictionary

special case

noun 3
verb 1
forms 6

noun3

A specialized instance of a more general phenomenon, category, etc.
A class of phenomena that is a subset of a more general class.
•
A theorem or other statement that follows directly from a more general statement.
- Clearly, the Pythagorean theorem is a special case of the more general theorem, arrived at by letting r = 1. — 2005

verb1

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To treat something as a special case; to handle in an explicitly different way.
- Special-casing the 100 most common words in English might speed things up. — 1988

forms

special cased · special-cased · special casing · special-casing · special cases · special-cases

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