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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.
      1913 webster

            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.
      1913 webster

   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.
        1913 webster

              a mere conclusion generalized from a great
              multitude of facts.                 --coleridge.
        1913 webster

   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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