Webster's Dictionary 1913

865

Generalizable

Gen″er‐al‐i′za‐ble (?), a. Capable of being generalized, or reduced to a general form of statement, or brought under a general rule.Extreme cases are... not generalizable. Coler...

866

Generalization

Gen′er‐al‐i‐za″tion (?), n. [Cf. F. généralisation.]1. The act or process of generalizing; the act of bringing individuals or particulars under a genus or class; deduction of a ...

867

Generalize

Gen″er‐al‐ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Generalized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Generalizing (?).] [Cf. F. généraliser.]1. To bring under a genus or under genera; to view in relation to a...

868

Generalize (2)

Gen″er‐al‐ize, v. i. To form into a genus; to view objects in their relations to a genus or class; to take general or comprehensive views.

869

Generalized

Gen″er‐al‐ized (?), a.(Zoöl.) Comprising structural characters which are separated in more specialized forms; synthetic; as, a generalized type.

870

Generalizer

Gen″er‐al‐i′zer (�), n. One who takes general or comprehensive views. Tyndall.

871

Generally

Gen″er‐al‐ly, adv. 1. In general; commonly; extensively, though not universally; most frequently.2. In a general way, or in general relation; in the main; upon the whole; compre...

872

Generalness

Gen″er‐al‐ness, n. The condition or quality of being general; frequency; commonness. Sir P. Sidney.

873

Generalship

Gen″er‐al‐ship, n. 1. The office of a general; the exercise of the functions of a general; — sometimes, with the possessive pronoun, the personality of a general.Your generalshi...

874

Generalty

Gen″er‐al‐ty (?), n. Generality. Sir M. Hale.

875

Generant

Gen″er‐ant (?), a. [L. generans, p. pr. of generare.] Generative; producing; esp. (Geom.), acting as a generant.

876

Generant (2)

Gen″er‐ant, n. 1. That which generates. Glanvill.2. (Geom.) A generatrix.

877

Generate

Gen″er‐ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Generated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Generating.] [L. generatus, p. p. of generare to generate, fr. genus. See Genus, Gender.]1. To beget; to procrea...

878

Generation

Gen′er‐a″tion (?), n. [OE. generacioun, F. génération, fr.L. generatio.] 1. The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of animals.2. Origination by some process, mathem...

879

Generative

Gen″er‐a‐tive (?), a. [Cf. F. génératif.] Having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or producing. “That generative particle.” Bentley.

880

Generator

Gen″er‐a′tor (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces.2. An apparatus in which vapor or gas is formed from a liquid or solid by means of heat or...

881

Generator (2)

Gen″er‐a′tor, n.(Elec.) Any machine that transforms mechanical into electrical energy; a dynamo.

882

Generatrix

Gen′er‐a″trix (?), n.; pl. L. Generatrices (#), E. Generatrixes (#). (Geom.) That which generates; the point, or the mathematical magnitude, which, by its motion, generates anot...

883

Generic

{ Ge‐ner″ic (?), Ge‐ner″ic‐al (?), } a. [L. genus, generis, race, kind: cf. F. générique. See Gender.]1. (Biol.) Pertaining to a genus or kind; relating to a genus, as distinct ...

884

Generically

Ge‐ner″ic‐al‐ly, adv. With regard to a genus, or an extensive class; as, an animal generically distinct from another, or two animals or plants generically allied.

885

Genericalness

Ge‐ner″ic‐al‐ness, n. The quality of being generic.

886

Generification

Ge‐ner′i‐fi‐ca″tion (?), n. [L. genus kind, class + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy.] The act or process of generalizing.Out of this the universal is elaborated by generific...

887

Generosity

Gen′er‐os″i‐ty (?), n. [L. generositas: cf. F. générosité.] 1. Noble birth. Harris (Voyages).2. The quality of being noble; noble-mindedness.Generosity is in nothing more seen t...

888

Generous

Gen″er‐ous (?), a. [F. généreux, fr. L. generous of noble birth, noble, excellent, magnanimous, fr. genus birth, race: cf. It. generoso. See 2d Gender.]1. Of honorable birth or ...

889

Genesee epoch

Gen′e‐see″ ep″och (?). (Geol.) The closing subdivision of the Hamilton period in the American Devonian system; — so called because the formations of this period crop out in Gene...

890

Genesial

Ge‐ne″sial (?), a. Of or relating to generation.

891

Genesiolgy

Ge‐ne′si‐ol″gy (?), n. [Gr. � birth + -logy.] The doctrine or science of generation.