universal : Idioms & Phrases

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coordinated universal time

  • noun Greenwich Mean Time updated with leap seconds
    UTC.
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Law of universal causation

  • the theoretical or asserted law that every event or phenomenon results from, or is the sequel of, some previous event or phenomenon, which being present, the other is certain to take place.
Webster 1913

linguistic universal

  • noun (linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages
    universal.
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universal agent

  • noun someone authorized to transact every kind of business for the principal
    general agent.
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Universal chuck

  • (Mach.), a chuck, as for a lathe, having jaws which can be moved simultaneously so as to grasp objects of various sizes.
Webster 1913

Universal church

  • the whole church of God in the world; the catholic church. See the Note under Catholic, a., 1.
Webster 1913

Universal coupling

  • . (Mach.) Same as Universal joint, below.
Webster 1913

Universal dial

  • a dial by which the hour may be found in any part of the world, or under any elevation of the pole.
Webster 1913

universal donor

  • noun a person whose type O Rh-negative blood may be safely transfused into persons with other blood types
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universal gas constant

  • noun (physics) the universal constant in the gas equation: pressure times volume = R times temperature; equal to 8.3143 joules per kelvin per mole
    R; gas constant.
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universal gravitational constant

  • noun (physics) the universal constant relating force to mass and distance in Newton's law of gravitation
    gravitational constant; G; constant of gravitation.
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Universal instrument

  • (Astron.), a species of altitude and azimuth instrument, the peculiarity of which is, that 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 the horizontal axis of the instrument, having the eyepiece at the pivot and in the center of the altitude circle, so that the eye has convenient access to both at the same time.
Webster 1913

Universal joint

  • noun coupling that connects two rotating shafts allowing freedom of movement in all directions
    universal.
    • in motor vehicles a universal joint allows the driveshaft to move up and down as the vehicle passes over bumps
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  • (Mach.), a contrivance used for joining two shafts or parts of a machine endwise, so that the one may give rotary motion to the other when forming an angle with it, or may move freely in all directions with respect to the other, as by means of a cross connecting the forked ends of the two shafts (Fig. 1). Since this joint can not act when the angle of the shafts is less than 140°, a double joint of the same kind is sometimes used for giving rotary motion at angles less than 140° (Fig. 2).
Webster 1913

universal product code

  • noun code consisting of a series of vertical bars of variable width that are scanned by a laser; printed on consumer product packages to identify the item for a computer that provides the price and registers inventory information
    bar code.
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universal proposition

  • noun (logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class
    universal.
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universal quantifier

  • noun a logical quantifier of a proposition that asserts that the proposition is true for all members of a class of things
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universal resource locator

  • noun the address of a web page on the world wide web
    URL; uniform resource locator.
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universal set

  • noun (mathematics) the set that contains all the elements or objects involved in the problem under consideration
    • all other sets are subsets of the universal set
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universal solvent

  • noun hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists
    alcahest; alkahest.
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universal suffrage

  • noun suffrage for all adults who are not disqualified by the laws of the country
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universal time

  • noun the local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England; it is the same everywhere
    UT; UT1; Greenwich Time; Greenwich Mean Time; GMT.
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Universal umbel

  • (Bot.), a primary or general umbel; the first or largest set of rays in a compound umbel; opposed to partial umbel. A universal involucre is not unfrequently placed at the foot of a universal umbel.
Webster 1913

universal veil

  • noun membrane initially completely investing the young sporophore of various mushrooms that is ruptured by growth; represented in the mature mushroom by a volva around lower part of stem and scales on upper surface of the cap
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