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Phrases 75
- universal jointA coupling that allows different parts of a machine not in line with each other some freedom of movement at the same time as transmitting rotary motion. Typical applications include driveshafts and socket wrenches.
- Universal TimeA measure of time that conforms, within a close approximation, to the mean diurnal rotation of the Earth and serves as the basis of civil timekeeping.
- Universal Service
- universal mindThe union of all individual consciousness.
- universal setA set large enough to contain all sets under consideration in the current context.
- universal valueA value that has the same value or worth for all, or almost all, people.
- Universal CreditA welfare benefit replacing previous benefits and tax credits, gradually rolled out from 2013 and expected to cover the United Kingdom by the end of 2024.
- universal bankA bank that is both a commercial bank and investment bank, which may also be a retail bank, insurance broker and/or provider of other financial services.
- Universal FriendsAn American Quaker (Christian) sect (from the 1770s to 1860s), the "Society of Universal Friends", which followed the teachings of the Public Universal Friend.
- Universal Access
- universal designThe design of things to make them accessible to all, regardless of any disability.
- universal bankingThe activities of a universal bank.
- Universal Serial BusAn international standard for interconnecting personal computer devices using simple plugs and sockets and lightweight cables.
- universal propertyThe property of there being a unique morphism from an arbitrary object to the universal morphism of a comma category which is from a functor to a fixed object; or, dually, the property of there being a unique morphism from the universal …
- universal grammarA hypothetical innate abstract system in the human brain that underlies the grammar of all human languages.
- universal jurisdictionA principle whereby a state claims legal jurisdiction over persons whose alleged crimes were committed outside the boundaries of the prosecuting state, regardless of the accused's nationality, country of residence, or other relationship …
- universal algebraA branch of mathematics dealing with equational classes of algebras, where similar theorems from disparate branches of algebra are unified.
- universal suffrageThe right to vote in a political election for all citizens who have attained the age of majority and are not disenfranchised under the laws of the country.
- universal quantifierThe operator, represented by the symbol ∀, used in predicate calculus to indicate that a predicate is true for all members of a specified set. Verbal equivalents include "for each" and "for every".
- universal instrumentsplural of universal instrument: A kind of altitude and azimuth instrument. The object end of the telescope is placed at right angles to the eye end, with a prism of total reflection at the angle, and the eye end constitutes a portion of …
- universal languageA hypothetical language understood by most or all of the world's people, such as an international auxiliary language.
- universal opportunityThe idea, particularly in Christianity, that an opportunity to follow the deity, e.g. Jesus, will be an option at the time of death.
- universal propertiesplural of universal property: The property of there being a unique morphism from an arbitrary object to the universal morphism of a comma category which is from a functor to a fixed object; or, dually, the property of there being a unique …
- universal valuesplural of universal value: A value that has the same value or worth for all, or almost all, people.
- universal languagesplural of universal language: A hypothetical language understood by most or all of the world's people, such as an international auxiliary language.
Compound words 20
- universallyIn a universal manner.
- universalisticOf or pertaining to universalism.
- quasiuniversalBeing nearly or almost universal; existing in the vast majority of typical conditions.
- UniversalglotAn a posteriori international auxiliary language created in 1868 by Jean Pirro.
- universalnessThe quality or state of being universal.
- angloversalA nonstandard linguistic feature that is recurrent in different English varieties.
- areoversalA linguistic feature that is recurrent in language varieties in a certain geographical area.
- interuniversalBetween universes.
- nonuniversalNot universal.
- subuniversalLess than universal; of limited extent or applicability.