Definition of universality in English:
universality
noun juːnɪvəːˈsalɪtiˌjunəvərˈsælədi
mass noun1The quality of involving or being shared by all people or things in the world or in a particular group.
we affirm the universality of human rights
the universality of the experience of grief and loss
the principle of universality was abandoned in favour of means-tested payments
Example sentencesExamples
- All nations of the world celebrate the universality of music by bringing their national musics to the international stage.
- For all its implied and hoped-for universality, it is a deeply American work.
- These displays are the only place where the museum's message of the universality of spiritual concerns gives way to the specifics of particular religions.
- The universality of his talents foreshadows those of his own pupil Leonardo.
- A guide talked about the banality and universality of the image of these two corporate warehouses.
- 1.1 The quality of being true in or appropriate for all situations.
the universality of the basic laws of mathematics
Example sentencesExamples
- The optimal index here exhibits a striking universality in that it is relatively insensitive to variations in the selection used in its computation.
- The universality of DNA attachment to the lamina in interphase growing cells means that nuclear volume cannot change substantially in evolution without changing genome size.
- His seminal work spelled out the law of gravity, the laws of motion, and the universality of the gravitational force.
- The fact that both mammalian viruses and bacteriophage show this loss of pentons indicates the universality of the instability of these interactions.
- This universality occurs presumably because a low-level coarse-graining does not introduce effects that are sensitive to the overall structure of the macromolecule.
Definition of universality in US English:
universality
nounˌjunəvərˈsælədiˌyo͞onəvərˈsalədē
1The quality of involving or being shared by all people or things in the world or in a particular group.
we affirm the universality of human rights
the universality of the experience of grief and loss
the principle of universality was abandoned in favor of means-tested payments
Example sentencesExamples
- These displays are the only place where the museum's message of the universality of spiritual concerns gives way to the specifics of particular religions.
- A guide talked about the banality and universality of the image of these two corporate warehouses.
- For all its implied and hoped-for universality, it is a deeply American work.
- The universality of his talents foreshadows those of his own pupil Leonardo.
- All nations of the world celebrate the universality of music by bringing their national musics to the international stage.
- 1.1 The quality of being true in or appropriate for all situations.
the universality of the basic laws of mathematics
Example sentencesExamples
- The universality of DNA attachment to the lamina in interphase growing cells means that nuclear volume cannot change substantially in evolution without changing genome size.
- This universality occurs presumably because a low-level coarse-graining does not introduce effects that are sensitive to the overall structure of the macromolecule.
- The optimal index here exhibits a striking universality in that it is relatively insensitive to variations in the selection used in its computation.
- The fact that both mammalian viruses and bacteriophage show this loss of pentons indicates the universality of the instability of these interactions.
- His seminal work spelled out the law of gravity, the laws of motion, and the universality of the gravitational force.