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1Generality — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Generality >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 generality generality generalization Sgm: N 1 universality universality Sgm: N 1 catholicity catholicity catholicism Sgm: N 1 miscellany miscellany miscellaneousness Sgm …
2Generality Lands — The Generality Lands, Lands of the Generality or Common Lands (Dutch: Generaliteitslanden) were about one fifth of the territories of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, that were directly governed by the States General. Unlike the seven… …
3generality — UK [ˌdʒenəˈrælətɪ] / US noun Word forms generality : singular generality plural generalities 1) a) [countable, usually plural] a statement that is not specific but that covers a wide range of situations The speech was full of bland generalities.… …
4generality — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Universal reference Nouns 1. generality, generalization, abstraction, sweeping generalization or statement; universality, currency, broadness, collectivity; average; catholicity, catholicism; miscellany …
5for the generality — adverb or in the generality obsolete : in general …
6generality — gen|er|al|i|ty [ ,dʒenə ræləti ] noun 1. ) count usually plural a statement that is not specific but that covers a wide range of situations: The speech was full of bland generalities. a ) uncount the fact that a statement is general rather than… …
7Without loss of generality — (abbreviated to WLOG or WOLOG and less commonly stated as without any loss of generality) is a frequently used expression in mathematics. The term is used before an assumption in a proof which narrows the premise to some special case; it is… …
8Problem of multiple generality — The problem of multiple generality names a failure in traditional logic to describe certain intuitively valid inferences. For example, it is intuitively clear that if:: Some cat is feared by every mouse then it follows logically that:: All mice… …
9Glittering generality — Glittering generalities (also called glowing generalities ) are emotionally appealing words so closely associated with highly valued concepts and beliefs that they carry conviction without supporting information or reason. Such highly valued… …
10in the generality — adverb see for the generality …
