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universal

adjective
  1. of worldwide scope or applicability
    general
  2. adapted to various purposes, sizes, forms, operations
    “universal wrench, universal chuck”
  3. applicable to or common to all members of a group or set
    “the play opened to universal acclaim”
noun
  1. coupling that connects two rotating shafts allowing freedom of movement in all directions
    “in motor vehicles a universal joint allows the driveshaft to move up and down as the vehicle passes over bumps”
    universal joint
  2. a behavioral convention or pattern characteristic of all members of a particular culture or of all human beings
    “some form of religion seems to be a human universal”
  3. (logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class
    universal proposition
  4. (linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages
    linguistic universal