generification

English

Etymology

From Latin genus (“kind, class”). See -fy.

Noun

generification (usually uncountable, plural generifications)

  1. (archaic) generalization
    • Sir W. Hamilton
      Out of this the universal is elaborated by generification.
  2. (computing) The process of making generic; conversion to use generics.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for generification in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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