[W/K] :: generalisation

  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: (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus
          to a similar stimulus [syn: generalization, stimulus
          generalization, stimulus generalisation]