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Definitions: Generalisation |
GeneralisationNoun1. An idea having general application; "he spoke in broad generalities". 2. The process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances. 3. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles. 4. Generalization of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "generalisation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1833. (references) |
"Generalisation" is a common misspelling or typo for: generalization. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | Extending the scope or range of a concept; also:turning constants into variables. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A reduction of detail by reducing the number of points, lines, or pixels. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: GeneralisationSynonyms: abstraction (n), carry-over (n), generality (n), generalization (n), induction (n), inductive reasoning (n), transfer (n), transfer of training (n). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: generalization (computingcomputing, post & telecom). |
Crosswords: Generalisation |
| Specialty definitions using "generalisation": absorbing region, artificial neural network ♦ bivariate F-distribution, bivariate Student distribution ♦ CHOCS ♦ definitional constraint programming, dispersion stabilising transformation ♦ functor ♦ Geary's contiguity ratio, generalised T2 distribution, goto ♦ Hotelling's T ♦ Kruskal-Wallis test ♦ lump uncurrying ♦ M5, multivariate normal distribution ♦ Recursive Functional Algorithmic Language ♦ Steiner's triple systems ♦ type D region ♦ U-Code ♦ Wold's Markov process of intervals. (references) |
| "Generalisation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Generalisation" is used about 150 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 150 | 25,701 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
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Ending with "generalisation": over-generalisation. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "generalisation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 概念化 (conceptualise, conceptualize, generalization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | generalisering (dissemination, generalization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | generalisering (generalization), generalisatie (generalization, stimulus generalisation, stimulus generalization), veralgemening (generalization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | yleistys (generalization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | généralisation (generalization, stimulus generalisation, stimulus generalization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Generalisierung (generalization, stimulus generalisation, stimulus generalization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | γενίκευση (concept description, description, generalization, prevalgnce, stimulus generalisation, stimulus generalization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | általánosítás (generalization, universalization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | generalisasi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | generalizzazione (generalization, stimulus generalisation, stimulus generalization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 일반" (generalization, Generalizing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eneralisationgay generalização (generalization, generalize). (various references) generalización (concept description, description, generalization, spread, stimulus generalisation, stimulus generalization). (various references) generalisering (generalization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "generalisation": generalisations. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-g-i-i-l-n-n-o-r-s-t" | |
-2 letters: generational, legionnaires. | |
-3 letters: alienations, generations, insertional, internalise, legionaries, legionnaire, nationalise, nitrogenase, rationalise, reenlisting, regionalist, relegations, resignation. | |
-4 letters: alienating, alienation, alienators, antilogies, aragonites, argentines, eglantines, entanglers, eternising, galantines, generalist, generation, insolating, interlines, isoantigen, leistering, lentigines, lineations, negational, neorealist, originates, rationales, regalities, relegation, resinating, resonating, retailings, seignorial, senatorial, senatorian, sinoatrial, tailorings, tangerines, toenailing, triennials. | |
-5 letters: aerations, aerialist, aerolites, agentries, agnations, algerines, alginates, alienages, alienates, alienator, analities, analogies, analogist, anglesite, annealers, anointers, antialien, antiarins, antigenes, antiglare, antinoise, antisolar, aragonite, argentine, arginines, arointing, eglantine, elaterins, eloigners, elongates, enlisting, entailers, entailing, entangler, entangles, entoiling, gainliest, galantine, galenites, gannister, gantlines, gelatines, gelations, genitalia, geranials, geraniols, glairiest, gnarliest, grainiest, gratinees, ignitrons, inelegant, ingestion, innersole, inserting, insertion, intaglios, integrals, interline, internals, isolating, laniaries, lannerets, lariating, learnings, legations, lenitions, ligations, ligroines, linearise, lineation, lingeries, listening, loitering, nanotesla, nationals, nearliest, negations, negatrons, nitrogens, nostalgia, oralities, orangiest, orientals, orienting, originals, originate, rationale, rationals, rationing, realising, realities, reanoints, reasoning, regionals, reignites, relations, releasing, relenting, religions, religiose, relisting, reloaning, renailing, renesting, resailing, resealing, reseating, resenting, resilient, reslating, retailing, retaining, rigatonis, ringtails, roentgens, saintlier, sanitoria, santolina, seriating, serotinal, signorina, signorine, singleton, sintering, sloganeer, solitaire, sortieing, sortilege, stereoing, stingaree, straining, streeling, tailoring, tangerine, tanneries, teaseling, tensional, tensioner, tinseling, trainings, treenails, triangles, triennial, trilogies. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-e-g-i-i-l-n-n-o-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: generalisations, generalizations. | |
+5 letters: overgeneralizations. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 65 6E 65 72 61 6C 69 73 61 74 69 6F 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--. . -. . .-. .- .-.. .. ... .- - .. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01100101 01101110 01100101 01110010 01100001 01101100 01101001 01110011 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G e n e r a l i s a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0065 006E 0065 0072 0061 006C 0069 0073 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4171807184677875856786758180 |
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