Noun
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coupling that connects two rotating shafts allowing freedom of movement in all directions
"in motor vehicles a universal joint allows the driveshaft to move up and down as the vehicle passes over bumps"
- universal joint -
a behavioral convention or pattern characteristic of all members of a particular culture or of all human beings
"some form of religion seems to be a human universal"
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(logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class
- universal proposition -
(linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages
- linguistic universal
Adjective
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adapted to various purposes, sizes, forms, operations
"universal wrench", "universal chuck"
"universal screwdriver"
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applicable to or common to all members of a group or set
"the play opened to universal acclaim"
"rap enjoys universal appeal among teenage boys"
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of worldwide scope or applicability
"an issue of cosmopolitan import"
"the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley
"universal experience"
- world wide