universal

of worldwide scope or applicability

an issue of cosmopolitan import

the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley

adapted to various purposes, sizes, forms, operations

universal wrench", "universal chuck

universal screwdriver

applicable to or common to all members of a group or set

the play opened to universal acclaim

rap enjoys universal appeal among teenage boys

coupling that connects two rotating shafts allowing freedom of movement in all directions

in motor vehicles a universal joint allows the driveshaft to move up and down as the vehicle passes over bumps

a behavioral convention or pattern characteristic of all members of a particular culture or of all human beings

some form of religion seems to be a human universal

(logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class

(linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages