Found 3 hits - Term: generalized, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
generalize \gen"eralize\, v. t. imp. p. p. generalized;
p. pr. vb. n. generalizing. cf. f. g'en'eraliser.
also spelled generalise.
1913 webster
1. to bring under a genus or under genera; to view in
relation to a genus or to genera.
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copernicus generalized the celestial motions by
merely referring them to the moon's motion. newton
generalized them still more by referring this last
to the motion of a stone through the air. --w.
nicholson.
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2. to apply to other genera or classes; to use with a more
extensive application; to extend so as to include all
special cases; to make universal in application, as a
formula or rule.
1913 webster
when a fact is generalized, our discontent is
quited, and we consider the generality itself as
tantamount to an explanation. --sir w.
hamilton.
1913 webster
3. to derive or deduce a general conception, or a general
principle from particulars. wordnet sense 2
syn: generalize, extrapolate, infer.
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a mere conclusion generalized from a great
multitude of facts. --coleridge.
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4. to speak in generalities; to talk in abstract terms.
wordnet sense 1
syn: generalise, speak generally.
wordnet 1.5
see also:
generalized generalizing generalise
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
generalized \gen"eralized\, a. zool.
comprising structural characters which are separated in more
specialized forms; synthetic; as, a generalized type.
1913 webster
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
generalized
adj 1: not biologically differentiated or adapted to a specific
function or environment; "the hedgehog is a primitive
and generalized mammal" syn: generalised
2: made general; widely prevalent; "a problem of generalized
human needs"; "a state of generalized discontent" syn: generalised
3: spread throughout a body or system; "generalized edema"
syn: generalised
see also:
generalised
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