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Meaning of GENERALIZED

Pronunciation:  j'enurul`Izd

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  made general; widely prevalent; "a problem of generalized human needs"; "a state of generalized discontent"
  2. [adj]  spread throughout a body or system; "generalized edema"
  3. [adj]  (biology) not biologically differentiated or adapted to a specific function or environment; "the hedgehog is a primitive and generalized mammal"
 
 Synonyms: general, generalised, unspecialised, unspecialized
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Gen"er*al*ized\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Comprising structural characters which are separated in more
specialized forms; synthetic; as, a generalized type.
 

 

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