Generalization

As such, they are the essential basis of all valid deductive inferences (particularly in logic, mathematics and science), where the process of verification is necessary to determine whether a generalization holds true for any given situation.

The parts, which might be unrelated when left on their own, may be brought together as a group, hence belonging to the whole by establishing a common relation between them.

The connection of generalization to specialization (or particularization) is reflected in the contrasting words hypernym and hyponym.

Generalization has a long history in cartography as an art of creating maps for different scale and purpose.

In mathematics, one commonly says that a concept or a result B is a generalization of A if A is defined or proved before B (historically or conceptually) and A is a special case of B.