Definition of Universal

1. Noun. (linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages.

Exact synonyms: Linguistic Universal
Category relationships: Linguistics
Generic synonyms: Linguistic Rule, Rule

2. Adjective. Of worldwide scope or applicability. "Universal experience"

3. Noun. (logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class.
Exact synonyms: Universal Proposition
Category relationships: Logic
Generic synonyms: Proposition
Antonyms: Particular, Particular Proposition

4. Adjective. Applicable to or common to all members of a group or set. "Rap enjoys universal appeal among teenage boys"
Similar to: General

5. Noun. A behavioral convention or pattern characteristic of all members of a particular culture or of all human beings. "Some form of religion seems to be a human universal"
Generic synonyms: Convention, Formula, Normal, Pattern, Rule

6. Adjective. Adapted to various purposes, sizes, forms, operations. "Universal screwdriver"
Similar to: Adaptable

7. Noun. Coupling that connects two rotating shafts allowing freedom of movement in all directions. "In motor vehicles a universal joint allows the driveshaft to move up and down as the vehicle passes over bumps"
Exact synonyms: Universal Joint
Generic synonyms: Coupler, Coupling
Group relationships: Drive Line, Drive Line System

Definition of Universal

1. a. Of or pertaining to the universe; extending to, including, or affecting, the whole number, quantity, or space; unlimited; general; all-reaching; all-pervading; as, universal ruin; universal good; universal benevolence or benefice.

2. n. The whole; the general system of the universe; the universe.

3. a. Of or pertaining to the universe; extending to, including, or affecting, the whole number, quantity, or space; unlimited; general; all-reaching; all-pervading; as, universal ruin; universal good; universal benevolence or benefice.

4. n. The whole; the general system of the universe; the universe.

Definition of Universal

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the universe. ¹

2. Adjective. Common to all members of a group or class. ¹

3. Adjective. Common to all society; world-wide ¹

4. Adjective. Cosmic; unlimited; vast; infinite ¹

5. Adjective. Useful for many purposes, e.g., ''universal wrench''. ¹

6. Noun. (philosophy) A characteristic or property that particular things have in common. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Universal

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Universal

1. 1. Of or pertaining to the universe; extending to, including, or affecting, the whole number, quantity, or space; unlimited; general; all-reaching; all-pervading; as, universal ruin; universal good; universal benevolence or benefice. "Anointed universal King." "The universal cause Acts not by partial, but by general laws." (Pope) "This universal frame began." (Dryden) Universal and its derivatives are used in common discourse for general and its derivatives. See General. 2. Constituting or considered as a whole; total; entire; whole; as, the universal world. "At which the universal host up dent A shout that tore Hell's concave." (Milton) 3. Adapted or adaptable to all or to various uses, shapes, sizes, etc.; as, a universal milling machine. 4. Forming the whole of a genus; relatively unlimited in extension; affirmed or denied of the whole of a subject; as, a universal proposition; opposed to particular; e. G. (universal affirmative) All men are animals; (universal negative) No men are omniscient. 5. Universal dial, a dial by which the hour may be found in any part of the world, or under any elevation of the pole. 6. Universal instrument, a contrivance used for joining two shafts or parts of a machine endwise, so that the one may give rotary motion to the other when forming an angle with it, or may move freely in all directions with respect to the other, as by means of a cross connecting the forked ends of the two shafts. Since this joint can not act when the angle of the shafts is less than 140 deg, a double joint of the same kind is sometimes used for giving rotary motion at angles less than 140 deg. 7. Universal umbel, a primary or general umbel; the first or largest set of rays in a compound umbel; opposed to partial umbel. A universal involucre is not unfrequently placed at the foot of a universal umbel. Synonym: General, all, whole, total. Origin: L. Universalis: cf. F. Universel, OF. Also universal. (10 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Universal

univalve
univalved
univalves
univalvia
univalvular
univariable
univariance
univariant
univariate
univariately
univariates
univentricular connections
univentricular heart
univerbation
univerbations
universal (current term)
universal Turing machine
universal Turing machines
universal agent
universal algebra
universal algebras
universal antidote
universal appliance
universal coverage
universal donor
universal donors
universal gas constant
universal gravitational constant
universal infantilism
universal instability

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