Generalized meaning

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Not specifically adapted to a particular environment or function; not specialized.
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Generally prevalent.

Observed a state of generalized discontent.

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Not specifically adapted to a particular environment or function; not specialized.
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Made more general, less specialized.

The generalized formula applies to all cases, the specialized one only works on simple problems.

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Simple past tense and past participle of generalize.
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Generalized Sentence Examples

  • Equations of motion in generalized co-ordinates.

  • They may be called (in a generalized sense) the co-ordinates of the lamina.

  • Though considered fantastic by many, it had secured fairly general acceptance in Germany in 1912, and was followed by the generalized theory in 1915.

  • Many forms of animal sacrifice were found; the generalized account given above for Greece is true also for the Romans.

  • Linete and Linet-wige, whence seems to have been corrupted the old Scottish "Lintquhit," and the modern northern English "Lintwhite" - originally a somewhat generalized bird's name, but latterly specialized for the Fringilla cannabina of Linnaeus, the Linota cannabina of recent ornithologists.

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