Hypertext Webster Gateway: "generalisation"
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
generalisation
n 1: an idea having general application; "he spoke in broad
generalities" [syn: {generalization}, {generality}]
2: the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting
common properties of instances [syn: {abstraction}, {generalization}]
3: reasoning from detailed facts to general principles [syn: {generalization},
{induction}, {inductive reasoning}]
4: generalization of a skill learned in one situation to a
different but similar situation [syn: {transfer}, {transfer
of training}, {carry-over}, {generalization}]
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