Universal - Definition

adj 1: of worldwide scope or applicability; "an issue of
cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and
ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley;
"universal experience" [syn: cosmopolitan,
ecumenical, oecumenical, general, universal,
worldwide, world-wide]
2: 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"
3: adapted to various purposes, sizes, forms, operations;
"universal wrench", "universal chuck"; "universal
screwdriver"
n 1: (linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic
feature) that is found in all languages [syn: universal,
linguistic universal]
2: (logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members
of a class [syn: universal, universal proposition] [ant:
particular, particular proposition]
3: 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"
4: 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" [syn: universal joint,
universal]