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Definition of Generalising
1. generalise [v] - See also: generalise
Lexicographical Neighbors of Generalising
Literary usage of Generalising
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Anatomy of Knowledge: An Essay in Objective Logic by Charles E. Hooper (1906)
"generalising ZOOLOGY = the science of animals, considered in their distinct species.
generalising ANTHROPOLOGY = the science of mankind, regarded apart from ..."
2. Theory of Differential Equations by Andrew Russell Forsyth (1906)
"... generalising process is applied to this integral so as to determine c in terms
of a and o, the equation for the determination of c is linear in 8*c fro ..."
3. The Evolution of Modern Germany by William Harbutt Dawson (1911)
"... GERMANY The danger of generalising about Germany—A threefold division of the
country —Economic and political contrasts thus brought to ..."
4. Vocabulary of Philosophy: Psychological, Ethical, Metaphysical, with by William Fleming, Henry Calderwood (1890)
"It is this power of generalising which specialises man and makes him what he
is,—intelligent (cf. ..."
5. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1864)
"generalising upon these facts, Laurent compared the anhydrous oxides and the
hydrates to water. The potassic, soi Ik-, and argentine oxides, ..."
6. The Theory of Inference by Henry Hughes (1894)
"He contends that there is a loose and unscientific process of generalising, which
is essentially different from that of scientific induction. ..."
7. Through Hidden Shensi by Francis Henry Nichols (1902)
"The carts I saw in Tung Kwan are an object-lesson in the mistake of generalising
in attempting to describe anything Chinese. Customs and methods vary to ..."
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