univesity.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

1 of, belonging to, or done etc. by all persons or things in the world or in the class concerned; applicable to all cases (the feeling was universal; met with universal approval).
2 Logic (of a proposition) in which something is asserted of all of a class (opp. PARTICULAR).

--n.

1 Logic a universal proposition.
2 Philos. a a term or concept of general application. b a nature or essence signified by a general term.

universal agent an agent empowered to do all that can be delegated. universal compass a compass with legs that may be extended for large circles. universal coupling (or joint) a coupling or joint which can transmit rotary power by a shaft at any selected angle. universal language an artificial language intended for use by all nations. universal proposition Logic a proposition in which the predicate is affirmed or denied of all members of a class (opp. particular proposition). universal suffrage a suffrage extending to all adults with minor exceptions. universal time = GREENWICH MEAN TIME.

universality n. universalize v.tr. (also -ise). universalization n. universally adv. [ME f. OF universal or L universalis (as UNIVERSE)]

univesity.html - n.
Theol.
1 a person who holds that all mankind will eventually be saved.
2 a member of an organized body of Christians who hold this.

universalism n. universalistic adj.

univesity.html - n.
1 all existing things; the whole creation; the cosmos.
2 all mankind.
3 Statistics & Logic all the objects under consideration.

universe of discourse Logic = sense 3. [F univers f. L universum neut. of universus combined into one, whole f. UNI- + versus past part. of vertere turn]

univesity.html - n.
(pl. -ies)
1 an educational institution designed for instruction, examination, or both, of students in many branches of advanced learning, conferring degrees in various faculties, and often embodying colleges and similar institutions.
2 the members of this collectively.
3 a team, crew, etc., representing a university.

at university studying at a university. [ME f. OF universit

f. L universitas -tatis the whole (world), in LL college, guild (as UNIVERSE)]

univesity.html - abbr.
University.

univesity.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

1 Chem. having a valency of one.
2 Biol. (of a chromosome) remaining unpaired during meiosis.

--n.

Biol. a univalent chromosome. [UNI- + valent- pres. part. stem (as VALENCE(1))]