generalization Definition
gen·er·ali·za·tion (jen′ər ə li zā′s̸hən, jen′rəl i-)
noun
- the act or process of generalizing
- a general idea, statement, etc. resulting from this; inference applied generally
generalization Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- notion: This is a generalization of the traditional notion of a serial publication.
- method: In 1950 he was awarded a Fields Medal for his work on generalizations of the sieve methods of Viggo Brun.
- concept: A module is a generalization of the concept of abstraction in that a module is permitted to contain a collection of definitions.
- theory: I will show that relevance is not only a natural generalization of information theory, but also forms its foundation.
Converse of object
- make: Making generalizations about people who are different from you is a common yet problematic reaction to the fear of the unknown.
- base: It is an uncalled for generalization based on feelings of superiority.
- include: Some implications of these results are provided, including a generalization of the CAPM.
- provide: In conclusion, intercultural training does not stereotype people but provides generalizations.
- use: This shows that negative inmate behavior is a rare occurrence even in simulations using generalizations from organizational research.
- allow: Furthermore, the theory of homology decompositions was developed in a much more general context which will allow further generalizations.
Adjective modifier
- sweeping: This, I pointed out, was just a sweeping generalization.
- inductive: The laws of nature are thus not ' laws ' in the rigid, prescriptive sense, but inductive generalizations.
- empirical: In other words, developing empirical generalizations informed by abstract theory.
- universal: This is a signal that the text is using the rule of logic called " universal generalization " .
- broad: Objectives One of our most common objectives in history teaching is to move students beyond broad generalizations.
- natural: A natural generalization of the problem is: Let M be a von Neumann algebra on a Hilbert space H.
Modifies a noun
- error: This concentration on generalization error is very narrow minded.
- performance: Evaluation of generalization performance using the number of support vectors.
Noun used with modifier
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