universal

adj : of worldwide scope or applicability; "an issue of

cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and

ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley;

"universal experience" [syn: {cosmopolitan}, {ecumenical},

{oecumenical}, {general}, {worldwide}]

n : 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" [syn: {universal joint}]