universal, n.
(universals)
(universals)
coupling that connects two rotating shafts allowing freedom of movement in all directions
<noun.artifact>
universal universal joint
sample sentences
"in motor vehicles a universal joint allows the driveshaft to move up and down as the vehicle passes over bumps"
a behavioral convention or pattern characteristic of all members of a particular culture or of all human beings
<noun.cognition>
universal
sample sentences
"some form of religion seems to be a human universal"
semantic pointers
hypernym
(logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class
<noun.communication>
universal universal proposition
lexical pointers
antonym
lexical pointers
antonym
(linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages
<noun.communication>
linguistic universal universal