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noun(linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages
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noun(logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class
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"in motor vehicles a universal joint allows the driveshaft to move up and down as the vehicle passes over bumps"nouncoupling that connects two rotating shafts allowing freedom of movement in all directions
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"universal experience"adjectiveof worldwide scope or applicability
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"some form of religion seems to be a human universal"nouna behavioral convention or pattern characteristic of all members of a particular culture or of all human beingstype of:
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"universal wrench" "universal chuck" "universal screwdriver"adjectiveadapted to various purposes, sizes, forms, operations
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"the play opened to universal acclaim" "rap enjoys universal appeal among teenage boys"adjectiveapplicable to or common to all members of a group or set
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- "in motor vehicles a universal joint allows the driveshaft to move up and down as the vehicle passes over bumps"
- "universal experience"
- "some form of religion seems to be a human universal"
- "universal wrench"
- "universal chuck"
- "universal screwdriver"
- "the play opened to universal acclaim"
- "rap enjoys universal appeal among teenage boys"