generalisation
- n an idea or conclusion having general application
- n the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
- n reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
- n (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus
generalist
- n a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests
a statistician has to be something of a generalist
generality
- n an idea or conclusion having general application
- n the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability
generalization
- n reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
- n an idea or conclusion having general application
- n the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
- n (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus
generalized anxiety disorder
- n an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheadedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months
generalized epilepsy
- n epilepsy in which the attacks involve loss of consciousness and tonic spasms of the musculature followed by generalized jerking
generalized seizure
- n a seizure during which the patient becomes unconscious and has convulsions over the entire body