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English Dictionary: generalized	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
generalized adj not biologically differentiated or adapted to a specific function or environment; "the hedgehog is a primitive and generalized mammal" Synonym(s): generalized, generalised
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Generalized \Gen"eralized\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Comprising structural characters which are separated in more specialized forms; synthetic; as, a generalized type.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Generalize \Gen"eralize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Generalized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Generalizing}.] [Cf. F. g[82]n[82]raliser.] 1. To bring under a genus or under genera; to view in relation to a genus or to genera. Copernicus generalized the celestial motions by merely referring them to the moon's motion. Newton generalized them still more by referring this last to the motion of a stone through the air. --W. Nicholson. 2. To apply to other genera or classes; to use with a more extensive application; to extend so as to include all special cases; to make universal in application, as a formula or rule. When a fact is generalized, our discontent is quited, and we consider the generality itself as tantamount to an explanation. --Sir W. Hamilton. 3. To derive or deduce (a general conception, or a general principle) from particulars. A mere conclusion generalized from a great multitude of facts. --Coleridge.