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Definitions of universal
  1. noun
    (linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages
  2. noun
    (logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class
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  3. 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"

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  4. adjective
    of worldwide scope or applicability
    "universal experience"
  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"
  6. adjective
    adapted to various purposes, sizes, forms, operations
    "universal wrench" "universal chuck" "universal screwdriver"

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  7. adjective
    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"

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Definition that contains universal
  • c the speed at which light travels in a vacuum; the constancy and universality of the speed of light is recognized by defining it to be exactly 299,792,458 meters per second
  • r (physics) the universal constant in the gas equation: pressure times volume = R times temperature; equal to 8.3143 joules per kelvin per mole
  • g (physics) the universal constant relating force to mass and distance in Newton's law of gravitation
  • ra ancient Egyptian sun god with the head of a hawk; a universal creator; he merged with the god Amen as Amen-Ra to become the king of the gods
  • hippies a youth subculture (mostly from the middle class) originating in San Francisco in the 1960s; advocated universal love and peace and communes and long hair and soft drugs; favored acid rock and progressive rock music
  • realist a philosopher who believes that universals are real and exist independently of anyone thinking of them
  • gyro rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any direction
  • gyroscope rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any direction
  • ert the coordinated universal time when an event is received on Earth
  • hipsters a youth subculture (mostly from the middle class) originating in San Francisco in the 1960s; advocated universal love and peace and communes and long hair and soft drugs; favored acid rock and progressive rock music
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