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universal

n.

1. in social psychology, see psychological universal. See also universals.

2. in linguistics, see language universal.

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falsetto

falsetto

n. a thin, high-pitched voice in which vocal register is extended upward beyond the normal range when a reduced surface of the expanded and separated vocal cords is activated by the airstream. This quality of vocal resonance can be used by men to extend the normal range of their singing voice.