Universality most commonly refers to: *

Universality (philosophy) Universalism is the Philosophy, philosophical and Theology, theological concept within Christianity that some ideas have Universal (metaphysics), universal application or applicability. A belief in one fundamental truth is another important t ...

Universality (dynamical systems) In statistical mechanics, universality is the observation that there are properties for a large class of systems that are independent of the Dynamics (mechanics), dynamical details of the system. Systems display universality in a scaling limit, whe ...

Universality principle may refer to: * In statistics, universality principle, a property of systems that can be modeled by random matrices * In law, as a synonym for

universal jurisdiction Universal jurisdiction is a legal principle that allows Sovereign state, states or International organization, international organizations to prosecute individuals for serious crimes, such as genocide, War crime, war crimes, and crimes against hu ...

* In moral philosophy, the first formulation of Kant's

categorical imperative The categorical imperative () is the central philosophical concept in the deontological Kantian ethics, moral philosophy of Immanuel Kant. Introduced in Kant's 1785 ''Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals'', it is a way of evaluating motivati ...

. Universality may also refer to several concepts that are also known as "universality" *

Background independence Background independence is a condition in theoretical physics that requires the defining equations of a theory to be independent of the actual shape of the spacetime and the value of various fields within the spacetime. In particular this means th ...

, a concept of universality in physical science *

Turing-complete In computability theory, a system of data-manipulation rules (such as a model of computation, a computer's instruction set, a programming language, or a cellular automaton) is said to be Turing-complete or computationally universal if it can be ...

, a concept of universality in computation *

Universal property In mathematics, more specifically in category theory, a universal property is a property that characterizes up to an isomorphism the result of some constructions. Thus, universal properties can be used for defining some objects independently fro ...

, a mathematical concept *

Universal jurisdiction Universal jurisdiction is a legal principle that allows Sovereign state, states or International organization, international organizations to prosecute individuals for serious crimes, such as genocide, War crime, war crimes, and crimes against hu ...

, in international law *

Universality slot Universality slots or universality places are used by the International Olympic Committee to increase diversity of participating nations across the sports programme of the Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world' ...

, quota system used at the Olympics * Lepton universality in the Standard Model of particle physics. *

Universality of the Church Catholicity (from , via ) is a concept pertaining to beliefs and practices that are widely accepted by numerous Christian denominations, most notably by those Christian denominations that describe themselves as ''catholic'' in accordance with t ...

, a theological concept in Christian ecclesiology * Universality Places, wild card entries granted to underrepresented nations in

Summer Olympic Games The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Summer Olympics or the Games of the Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The 1896 Summer Olympics, inaugural Games took place in 1896 in Athens, ...

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