*univ*

a. [ Uni- + L. valens, -entis, p. pr. See Valence. ] (Chem.) Having a valence of one; capable of combining with, or of being substituted for, one atom of hydrogen; monovalent; -- said of certain atoms and radicals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Uni- + valve: cf. F. univalve. ] (Zool.) A shell consisting of one valve only; a mollusk whose shell is composed of a single piece, as the snails and conchs. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Most univalves are spiral and are the shells of gastropods, but many belong to cephalopods and pteropods. A large number of univalves belonging to the gastropods are conical, cup-shaped, or shieldlike, as the limpets. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. univalve. ] (Bot. & Zool.) Having one valve; as, a univalve shell or pericarp. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) Same as Gastropoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot. & Zool.) Same as Univalve, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Having one degree of freedom or variability. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. universalis: cf. F. universel, OF. also universal. See Universe. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the universe; extending to, including, or affecting, the whole number, quantity, or space; unlimited; general; all-reaching; all-pervading; as, universal ruin; universal good; universal benevolence or benefice. “Anointed universal King.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The universal cause
Acts not by partial, but by general laws. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

This universal frame began. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Universal and its derivatives are used in common discourse for general and its derivatives. See General. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Constituting or considered as a whole; total; entire; whole; as, the universal world. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

At which the universal host up dent
A shout that tore Hell's concave. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mech.) Adapted or adaptable to all or to various uses, shapes, sizes, etc.; as, a universal milling machine. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Logic) Forming the whole of a genus; relatively unlimited in extension; affirmed or denied of the whole of a subject; as, a universal proposition; -- opposed to particular; e. g. (universal affirmative) All men are animals; (universal negative) No men are omniscient. [ 1913 Webster ]

Universal chuck (Mach.), a chuck, as for a lathe, having jaws which can be moved simultaneously so as to grasp objects of various sizes. --
Universal church, the whole church of God in the world; the catholic church. See the Note under Catholic, a., 1. --
Universal coupling. (Mach.) Same as Universal joint, below. --
Universal dial, a dial by which the hour may be found in any part of the world, or under any elevation of the pole. --
Universal instrument (Astron.), a species of altitude and azimuth instrument, the peculiarity of which is, that the object end of the telescope is placed at right angles to the eye end, with a prism of total reflection at the angle, and the eye end constitutes a portion of the horizontal axis of the instrument, having the eyepiece at the pivot and in the center of the altitude circle, so that the eye has convenient access to both at the same time. --
Universal joint (Mach.), a contrivance used for joining two shafts or parts of a machine endwise, so that the one may give rotary motion to the other when forming an angle with it, or may move freely in all directions with respect to the other, as by means of a cross connecting the forked ends of the two shafts (Fig. 1). Since this joint can not act when the angle of the shafts is less than 140°, a double joint of the same kind is sometimes used for giving rotary motion at angles less than 140° (Fig. 2). --
Universal umbel (Bot.), a primary or general umbel; the first or largest set of rays in a compound umbel; -- opposed to partial umbel. A universal involucre is not unfrequently placed at the foot of a universal umbel. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- General; all; whole; total. See General. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The whole; the general system of the universe; the universe. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Plato calleth God the cause and original, the nature and reason, of the universal. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Logic) (a) A general abstract conception, so called from being universally applicable to, or predicable of, each individual or species contained under it. (b) A universal proposition. See Universal, a., 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) a person belonging to the O blood group (of the ABO classification), who can safely donate blood to anyone. [ PJC ]

n. 1. (Linguistics) the principles forming the basis for the human ability to understand language. [ PJC ]

2. (Linguistics) the general properties and constraints common to all human languages; also, the study of such principles. [ PJC ]

a. Of or pertaining to Universalism; Universalist. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. universalisme. ] (Theol.) The doctrine or belief that all men will be saved, or made happy, in the future state. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. universaliste. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Theol.) One who believes in Universalism; one of a denomination of Christians holding this faith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who affects to understand all the particulars in statements or propositions. [ Obs. ] Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Unversalists of their doctrines. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the whole; universal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Universalties [ Cf. F. universalité. ] The quality or state of being universal; unlimited extension or application; generality; -- distinguished from particularity; as, the unversality of a proposition; the unversality of sin; the unversality of the Deluge. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Universalized p. pr. & vb. n. Universalizing ] [ Cf. F. universaliser. ] To make universal; to generalize. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a universal manner; without exception; as, God's laws are universally binding on his creatures. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being universal; universality. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. universum, from universus universal; unus one + vertere, versum, to turn, that is, turned into one, combined into one whole; cf. F. univers. See One, and Verse. ] All created things viewed as constituting one system or whole; the whole body of things, or of phenomena; the to~ pa^n of the Greeks, the mundus of the Latins; the world; creation. [ 1913 Webster ]

How may I
Adore thee, Author of this universe
And all this good to man! Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. everything which may be considered, explicitly or implicitly, in a particular theory or discussion. [ PJC ]

n.; pl. Universities [ OE. universite, L. universitas all together, the whole, the universe, a number of persons associated into one body, a society, corporation, fr. universus all together, universal: cf. F. université. See Universe. ] 1. The universe; the whole. [ Obs. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An association, society, guild, or corporation, esp. one capable of having and acquiring property. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The universities, or corporate bodies, at Rome were very numerous. There were corporations of bakers, farmers of the revenue, scribes, and others. Eng. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An institution organized and incorporated for the purpose of imparting instruction, examining students, and otherwise promoting education in the higher branches of literature, science, art, etc., empowered to confer degrees in the several arts and faculties, as in theology, law, medicine, music, etc. A university may exist without having any college connected with it, or it may consist of but one college, or it may comprise an assemblage of colleges established in any place, with professors for instructing students in the sciences and other branches of learning. In modern usage, a university is expected to have both an undergraduate division, granting bachelor's degrees, and a graduate division, granting master's or doctoral degrees, but there are some exceptions. In addition, a modern university typically also supports research by its faculty [ 1913 Webster ]

The present universities of Europe were, originally, the greater part of them, ecclesiastical corporations, instituted for the education of churchmen . . . What was taught in the greater part of those universities was suitable to the end of their institutions, either theology or something that was merely preparatory to theology. A. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ From the Roman words universitas, collegium, corpus, are derived the terms university, college, and corporation, of modern languages; and though these words have obtained modified significations in modern times, so as to be indifferently applicable to the same things, they all agree in retaining the fundamental signification of the terms, whatever may have been added to them. There is now no university, college, or corporation, which is not a juristical person in the sense above explained [ see def. 2, above ]; wherever these words are applied to any association of persons not stamped with this mark, it is an abuse of terms. Eng. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

. The extension of the advantages of university{ 3 } instruction by means of lectures and classes at various centers. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Of or pertaining to universology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who is versed in universology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Universe + -logy. ] The science of the universe, and the relations which it involves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being univocal. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. univocus; unus one + vox, vocis, a voice, word. See One, and Voice. ] 1. Having one meaning only; -- contrasted with equivocal. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having unison of sound, as the octave in music. See Unison, n., 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Having always the same drift or tenor; uniform; certain; regular. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Unequivocal; indubitable. [ Obs. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Aristotelian Logic) A generic term, or a term applicable in the same sense to all the species it embraces. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A word having but one meaning. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a univocal manner; in one term; in one sense; not equivocally. [ 1913 Webster ]

How is sin univocally distinguished into venial and mortal, if the venial be not sin? Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]