Special police — and Special Police Force are terms which have different meanings in different countries, as described below.CanadaSpecial Police is not a term used in Canada. Instead, police who would fall into this role are referred to as Special Constables.… … Wikipedia
special — (adj.) early 13c., better than ordinary, from O.Fr. especial, from L. specialis individual, particular, from species appearance, kind, sort (see SPECIES (Cf. species)). Meaning marked off from others by some distinguishing quality is recorded… … Etymology dictionary
Special relativity — (SR) (also known as the special theory of relativity or STR) is the physical theory of measurement in inertial frames of reference proposed in 1905 by Albert Einstein (after considerable contributions of Hendrik Lorentz and Henri Poincaré) in the … Wikipedia
meaning — meaning, sense, acceptation, signification, significance, import are comparable when they denote the idea which something (as a word, a passage, a facial expression, an action, or a situation) conveys to the mind or is intended to convey to the… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
special — adj Special, especial, specific, particular, individual are closely related terms because all carry the meaning relating to or belonging to one thing or one class especially as distinguished from all the others. Both special and especial imply… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Special Sabbaths — are fixed Jewish Shabbat days, which precede or coincide with certain Jewish holidays during the year. Each one has a special name.habbat Teshuvah Shabbat Teshuva ( Sabbath [of] repentance ) refers to the Shabbat that occurs during the Ten Days… … Wikipedia
Special pleading — is a form of spurious argumentation where a position in a dispute introduces favorable details or excludes unfavorable details by alleging a need to apply additional considerations without proper criticism of these considerations themselves.… … Wikipedia
Special delivery (postal service) — Special Delivery is a postal service for urgent postal packets. Its meaning varies among postal services and is different and separate from Express mail delivery service offered by many postal administrations. Essentially it means that a postal… … Wikipedia
Special Tasks — Special Tasks: The Memoirs of an Unwanted Witness A Soviet Spymaster is the autobiography of Pavel Sudoplatov, who was a member of the intelligence services of the Soviet Union who rose to the rank of major general; when it was published in 1994 … Wikipedia
Meaning of life — This article is about the philosophical concept. For other uses, see Meaning of life (disambiguation). Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? One of Post Impressionist Paul Gauguin s most famous paintings. The meaning of life… … Wikipedia
