Hypertext Webster Gateway: "generalization"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Generalization \Gen`er*al*i*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F.
g['e]n['e]ralisation.]
1. 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. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
2. A general inference.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
generalization
n 1: the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting
common properties of instances [syn: {abstraction}, {generalisation}]
2: reasoning from detailed facts to general principles [syn: {generalisation},
{induction}, {inductive reasoning}]
3: an idea having general application; "he spoke in broad
generalities" [syn: {generalisation}, {generality}]
4: generalization of a skill learned in one situation to a
different but similar situation [syn: {transfer}, {transfer
of training}, {carry-over}, {generalisation}]
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