universal set

1. 1.

   (mathematics) the set that contains all the elements or objects involved in the problem under consideration

   “all other sets are subsets of the universal set”

   Broaderset

   mathematics

Questions about universal set

What does universal set mean?

universal set means "(mathematics) the set that contains all the elements or objects involved in the problem under consideration".

Is universal set a common word?

universal set is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.