generalization

generalización, inducción

Deducción de una regla de aplicación amplia a partir de hechos o ejemplos concretos.

En inglés sencillo: Using particular facts or examples to work out a rule that applies more widely.

• Generalization from a few facts can be risky.
• Scientists use generalization to develop rules from repeated observations.
• Her reasoning involved generalization from individual cases.

Cómo se usa: generalization from something to something (Generalization from these observations to a universal rule requires care.)

Sinónimos: induction, inductive reasoning

Antónimos: deduction

Expresiones frecuentes: inductive generalization, generalization from evidence, process of generalization

generalización

Formación de una idea amplia a partir de los rasgos que comparten varias cosas concretas.

En inglés sencillo: Forming a broad idea by finding features shared by several particular things.

• Generalization helps us group similar things.
• Through generalization, children learn that very different chairs belong to one category.
• The lesson encourages generalization from several examples.

Cómo se usa: generalization from something (Generalization from familiar objects helps children form new categories.)

Sinónimos: abstraction

Expresiones frecuentes: conceptual generalization, process of generalization, generalization from examples

generalización

Regla, idea o problema matemático que abarca todos los casos de otro anterior y también casos nuevos.

En inglés sencillo: A mathematical rule, idea, or problem that covers all cases of an earlier one and additional cases.

• The new theorem is a generalization of the old one.
• We need a generalization that works in four dimensions.
• Several generalizations of this formula appear in the textbook.

Cómo se usa: a generalization of something (This formula is a generalization of the earlier equation.)

Sinónimos: extension

Antónimos: specialization

Expresiones frecuentes: generalization of something, natural generalization, mathematical generalization