GENERALIZED

generalized, generalised

(adjective) not biologically differentiated or adapted to a specific function or environment; “the hedgehog is a primitive and generalized mammal”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Adjective

generalized (comparative more generalized, superlative most generalized)

Made more general, less specialized.

(medicine) Spread throughout or affecting the entire body or body part.

Verb

generalized

simple past tense and past participle of generalize

Source: Wiktionary

Gen"er*al*ized, a. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Comprising structural characters which are separated in more specialized forms; synthetic; as, a generalized type.

GENERALIZE

Gen"er*al*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Generalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Generalizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. généraliser.]

1. To bring under a genus or under genera; to view in relation to a genus or to genera. 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.

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. When a fact is generalized, our discontent is quited, and we consider the generality itself as tantamount to an explanation. Sir W. Hamilton.

3. To derive or deduce (a general conception, or a general principle) from particulars. A mere conclusion generalized from a great multitude of facts. Coleridge.

Gen"er*al*ize, v. i.

Definition: To form into a genus; to view objects in their relations to a genus or class; to take general or comprehensive views.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

GENERALIZED

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