generalized

English

Alternative forms

• generalised

Adjective

generalized (comparative more generalized, superlative most generalized)

1. Made more general, less specialized.

   The generalized formula applies to all cases, the specialized one only works on simple problems.

2. (medicine) Spread throughout or affecting the entire body or body part.

Derived terms

• generalized anxiety disorder
• generalized circle
• generalized continued fraction
• generalized continuum hypothesis
• generalized element
• generalized estimating equation
• generalized search tree
• nongeneralized
• ungeneralized

Translations

made more general, less specialized

Asturian: xeneralizáu Belarusian: абагу́льнены (abahúlʹnjeny) Czech: zobecněný Danish: generaliseret Dutch: veralgemeend (nl) Finnish: yleisluonteinen, yleinen (fi) French: généralisé (fr) Galician: xeneralizado German: verallgemeinert (de) Hungarian: általánosított (hu) Italian: generalizzato (it) Kazakh: жалпылама (jalpylama) Lithuanian: apibendrintas Polish: uogólniony Russian: обобщённый (ru) (obobščónnyj) Swedish: generaliserad (sv) Ukrainian: узага́льнений (uzahálʹnenyj)

Verb

generalized

1. simple past and past participle of generalize