Definition of universal
- a. - Of or pertaining to the universe; extending to,
including, or affecting, the whole number, quantity, or space;
unlimited; general; all-reaching; all-pervading; as, universal ruin;
universal good; universal benevolence or benefice.
- a. - Constituting or considered as a whole; total; entire;
whole; as, the universal world.
- a. - Adapted or adaptable to all or to various uses, shapes,
sizes, etc.; as, a universal milling machine.
- a. - Forming the whole of a genus; relatively unlimited in
extension; affirmed or denied of the whole of a subject; as, a
universal proposition; -- opposed to particular; e. g. (universal
affirmative) All men are animals; (universal negative) No men are
omniscient.
- n. - The whole; the general system of the universe; the
universe.
- n. - A general abstract conception, so called from being
universally applicable to, or predicable of, each individual or species
contained under it.
- n. - A universal proposition. See Universal, a., 4.