universal stage

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noun

1. a small theodolite mounted on the stage of a polarizing microscope and used in the petrographic analysis of rocks.

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universal stage

But while a universal stage, a truly global network, would be better, the American stage is the next best thing.

From Time Magazine Archive

This stage of buddhis may thus be regarded as the most universal stage, which comprehends within it all the buddhis of individuals and potentially all the matter of which the gross world is formed.

From A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 by Surendranath Dasgupta

Perhaps it is foolish to dwell upon an individual variety of an almost universal stage in the fever of life; but one exception to these indications of mental paralysis I think worth mentioning.

From The Portent & Other Stories by George MacDonald

He regards the hereditary transmission of functions under the rule of a sacerdotal class as a necessary and universal stage of social progress, greatly modified by war and colonization.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various

But the individualist stage is also, in part at least, the universal stage.

From History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems by Allan Menzies