ng some particular feature; to portray or emphasize general
rather than particular features and characteristics of.

<P><U>Illustrative examples of generalizations of ideas and things</U>:
Historically, the generalization of the legal concept of a <U>person</U>
to include corporations and other organizations, even though these contain
many human beings; <U>Energy</U> has been generalized to include mass;
Some quantum physicists would generalize the concept of a <U>physical phenomenon
</U>to include the appa