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generalization

ˌʤɛnərəlɪˈzeɪʃən
WordNet
Godart Alexander Gerard Philip baron van der Capellen (1778-1848).Governor General (1816-26)
Godart Alexander Gerard Philip baron van der Capellen (1778-1848).Governor General (1816-26)
Portrait of Godart Alexander Gerard Philip baron van der Capellen (1778-1848). Governor General (1816-26). Half-length, sitting in a chair. In the document in the right hand, gesturing with the left hand. To the left a table with a command staff and a stab. Part of a series of portraits of the governors-general of the former Dutch East Indies.
  1. (n) generalization
    (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus
  2. (n) generalization
    reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
  3. (n) generalization
    the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
  4. (n) generalization
    an idea or conclusion having general application "he spoke in broad generalities"
Illustrations
Portrait of François Leydecker (1650-1718). Deputy of the General Audit Chamber for Zeeland. Half-length to the right, standing, in Japanese rock. Top right the family crest. Pendant to SK-A-827.
Portrait of François Leydecker (1650-1718).Deputy of the General Audit Chamber for Zeeland
Portrait of squire Jan Willem Janssens (1762-1838). Governor of the Cape Colony and Governor General of the Dutch East Indies. Half-length, in uniform, head to the right. Since 1815 carrier of the Grand Cross of the Military Order of William.
Jonkheer Jan Willem Janssens (1762-1838).Governor of the Cape Colony and Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
Portrait of Johannes Graaf van den Bosch (1780-1844). Governor General (1830-33). Hip piece, standing with the right arm leaning on the pedestal of a bust with the portrait of King Willem I. In the background a landscape with the palace in Buitenzorg. Part of a series of portraits of the governors-general of the former Dutch East Indies.
Johannes Graaf van den Bosch (1780-1844).Governor General (1830-33)
Portrait of Gerrit Sichterman (1688-1730). General quartermaster of the cavalry, colonel of the regiment of infantry Oranje-Groningen and commander of Grave. Knee piece, standing next to an army tent, in a landscape with the town of Grave in the background. In the left hand a command staff, pointing with the right hand towards the fortress. At the bottom left is a rolled up map of the fortress. Pendant to SK-A-4201.
Portrait of Gerrit Sichterman (1688-1730). General quartermaster of the cavalry, colonel of the regiment of infantry Oranje-Groningen and commander of Grave. Knee piece, standing next to an army tent, in a landscape with the town of Grave in the background. In the left hand a command staff, pointing with the right hand towards the fortress. At the bottom left is a rolled up map of the fortress. Pendant to SK-A-4201.
Portrait of Abraham Patras (1671-1737). Governor General (1735-37). Standing half-length, facing front. Command staff in the right hand. The family crest at the bottom left. Part of a series of portraits of the governors-general of the former Dutch East Indies.
Portrait of Governor General Abraham Patras
Portrait of Albertus Henricus Wiese (1761-1810). Governor General (1805-08). Knee pad, sitting in a chair, to the right with command staff in right hand. The facial features are modeled on a miniature portrait painted by Joseph Gillis in Batavia. Part of a series of portraits of the governors-general of the former Dutch East Indies.
Albertus Henricus Wiese (1761-1810).Governor General (1805-08)
Reception of Cornelis Hop as envoy of the States General at the court of Louis XV, King of France, on July 24, 1719. The king, as a child, stands before the throne, with the Regent, Marshal Villeroy and Cardinal de Fleury behind him. Between the Dutch delegation, in the foreground, the secretary Ruysch. The reception takes place in the paintings-decorated Grand Cabinet de l'ancien apartment d'été of Anna of Austria in the Louvre.
Reception of Cornelis Hop (1685-1762) as envoy of the States General at the court of Louis XV, 24 July 1719
Portrait of Adriaan Valckenier (1695-1751). Governor General (1737-41). Standing half-length, to the left, facing the face. Command staff in the right hand, with the left arm resting on a book with a paper bearing the monogram of the VOC. Top right the family crest, bottom left the arms of the Dutch East Indies, the Republic and Batavia. In the background a ship at sea. Part of a series of copies after portraits of the governors-general of the former Dutch East Indies, probably from the Dutch East India Company. Copy to SK-A-3778.
Adriaan Valckenier (1695-1751).Governor General (1737-41)
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Interesting fact
The lifespan of a rhinoceros is generally 50 years
  1. Generalization
    A general inference.
  2. Generalization
    The act or process of generalizing; the act of bringing individuals or particulars under a genus or class; deduction of a general principle from particulars. "Generalization is only the apprehension of the one in the many."
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Interesting fact
Roses generally need around 6 hours of sunlight to grow properly.
  1. (n) generalization
    The act of generalizing; recognition of a character as being common to two or more objects; also, the process of forming a general notion.
  2. (n) generalization
    Induction; an inference from the possession of a character by each individual or by some of the individuals of a class to its possession by all the individuals of that class; the observation that the known individuals of a species, or the known species of a genus, have a character in common, and the consequent attribution of that character to the whole class; also, a conclusion so reached.
  3. (n) generalization
    In mathematics, the process or result of modifying a proposition so as to obtain another having wider subject and predicate, but such that a limitation which, if applied to the new subject, gives the old subject, will reproduce the old predicate when applied to the new. For example, Fermat's theorem is that if ρ is any positive prime number and a any number not divisible by ρ, then the division of αρ by ρ leaves 1 as the remainder. A generalization of this is, that if κ is any positive integer, and φκ the number of numbers as small as κ and prime to it, and α is any number relatively prime to κ, then the division of αφκ by κ leaves 1 as the remainder; for when κ is a prime number, φκ = κ—1, and every number not divisible by κ is prime to it. The language of mathematics differs from that of logic in that from every generalization of a proposition the proposition itself is immediately deducible, which is not true in the logicians' sense of the word. The distinction between generalization and extension in mathematical language is not very clear, but the latter term applies primarily to a conception or function which has received a new and wider definition; also, the modification of a proposition concerning two dimensions so as to make it apply to three is called an extension.
  4. (n) generalization
    Also spelled generalisation.
  5. (n) generalization
    In pathology, the involvement of the entire system in a morbid process which was at first local.
Quotations
Edmund Burke
We must not always judge of the generality of the opinion by the noise of the acclamation.
Edmund Burke
Gilbert K. Chesterton
People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
The greatest general is he who makes the fewest mistakes.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Edmond and Jules De Goncourt
As a general truth, it is safe to say that any picture that produces a moral impression is a bad picture.
Edmond and Jules De Goncourt
Barbara Tuchman
Dead battles, like dead generals, hold the military mind in their dead grip.
Barbara Tuchman
Samuel Johnson
What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
Samuel Johnson
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary Cf. F. généralisation,

Usage in the news

Walla — Adventist Health Medical Group at Walla Walla General Hospital is welcoming a new pediatrician to the group this month. union-bulletin.com

For accounting and general information. effinghamdailynews.com

Ashish Verma, The Lowell's General Manager. nyc.org

Little to no construction has been started on general aviation facilities at the new Panama City—Bay County International Airport in Panama City, Fla. aopa.org

Ted Thompson has pulled off four trades this weekend, which brings his total in four drafts as Packers general manager to a whopping 13 trades. greenbaypressgazette.com

First-run shows are generally blessed with having a full season to prove their worth. broadcastingcable.com

When you sink to the level of tequila shots, you generally think college bar or Tex-Mex dive. dallasobserver.com

Monson made the announcement Saturday at the faith's 182nd Semiannual General Conference in Salt Lake City. kivitv.com

SportsNation generally is adamantly opposed to limiting Team USA in any way, but would the squad still be the team to beat. espn.go.com

Former NBA player and general manager Steve Kerr wrote a piece for ESPN's Grantland.com in which he makes a case for the league raising the age limit from 19 to 20. krod.com

In a recent story on Grantland.com, five-time NBA champion and former general manager Steve Kerr attempts to answer one question: Would the NBA's business be stronger by raising the age requirement. blog.syracuse.com

General managers will tell you it's one of the hardest decisions they have to make, knowing when to say goodbye to a popular player whose skills have succumbed to Father Time -- or knowing how to handle the phasing-out of that player. espn.go.com

Former Franklin County Sheriff Ewell Hunt (right) is joined in General District Court on Tuesday by defense attorney Bill Stanley. roanoke.com

Posted on May 17, 2011 at 10:56 am by Steve Campbell in Astros, Astros/MLB, General. blog.chron.com

The investment seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index (the "underlying index"). money.cnn.com

Usage in scientific papers

In general, if N is a generalized complex submanifold then the induced generalized complex need not have σ ′ = 0.
Generalized Complex Submanifolds

We are now ready to prove our last theorem, namely that these conditions are guaranteed to be satisfied by a generalized K ¨ahler structure and so our notion of generalized complex submanifold preserves generalized K ¨ahler structures.
Generalized Complex Submanifolds

Generalized K¨ahler manifolds are a special type of generalized complex manifolds, and as such many of their properties stem from general properties of generalized complex structures.
Formality in generalized Kahler geometry

It follows that a generalized bracket of two generalized vector fields can be defined and generalized vector fields form a Lie algebra with this generalized bracket.
Generalized forms and vector fields

We could define a generalized vector as an ordered pair of a vector and a bivector, dual to a generalized one-form, referring either to the ring of real functions, or to the ring of generalized zero-forms.
Generalized forms and vector fields

Usage in literature

The third, General Robert E. Lee, had been commissioned by the State of Virginia as major-general and commander of her army. "The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Vol. 1 (of 2)" by Jefferson Davis

His services were recognized by the brevets of brigadier-general and major-general in the regular army. "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4" by Various

The men would salute their old General, the General salute his old regiment. "Mary Gray" by Katharine Tynan

General Mitchell has been made a Major-General. "The Citizen-Soldier" by John Beatty

Some days later the 3rd Brigade under General Gatacre arrived, followed by General Low and the headquarter staff. "Through Three Campaigns" by G. A. Henty

General Ashley and Major Henry set the pace. "Pluck on the Long Trail" by Edwin L. Sabin

I called on General Cooper, Adjutant-General to the Confederate forces, and senior general in the army. "Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863" by Arthur J. L. (Lieut.-Col.) Fremantle

This general, who struck so hard and never ceased striking, was her general. "Before the Dawn" by Joseph Alexander Altsheler

October 30, General Buell was succeeded by General Rosecrans. "Comic History of the United States" by Bill Nye

January 13, 1815... 240 General Jackson to the Secretary of War. "The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876" by J. F. Loubat

Usage in poetry
Peace for mine own self I could never find,
And still my presence marred the general peace,
And when I parted, leaving them behind,
They felt, and I, release.
And the Banker, inspired with a courage so new
It was matter for general remark,
Rushed madly ahead and was lost to their view
In his zeal to discover the Snark
A mighty general-- a nation's pride--
Thou givest again a rocking-horse to ride,
And wildly glad he groweth as the grim
Old jurist with the drum thou givest him:
So, dull and damp, and another day;
But the night of that, mist lifting, rain ceasing,
Silent as a ghost, while they thought they were sure of him, my
General retreated.
And in the general joy of heart
The blind Boy's little dog took part;
He leapt about, and oft did kiss
His master's hands in sign of bliss,
With sound like lamentation.
" —— was born to spread the general joy;
By virtue rapt, by party uncontroll'd;
Britons for Britain shall the crook employ;
Britons for Britain's glory shear the fold."