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Adjective: universal `yoonu'vursul- Of worldwide scope or applicability
"universal experience"
- cosmopolitan, ecumenical, oecumenical [archaic], general, worldwide, world-wide - Applicable to or common to all members of a group or set
"the play opened to universal acclaim"; "rap enjoys universal appeal among teenage boys" - Adapted to various purposes, sizes, forms, operations
"universal wrench"; "universal chuck"; "universal screwdriver"
Noun: universal `yoonu'vursul- (linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages
- linguistic universal - (logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class
- universal proposition - 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" - 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"
- universal joint
Derived forms: universals See also: adaptable, comprehensive, general, universality, universalize, universe Type of: convention, coupler, coupling, formula, linguistic rule, normal, pattern, proposition, rule Antonym: particular Part of: drive line, drive line system Encyclopedia: Universal, IN Universal Universal, Indiana Universal, In |