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NOUN (1)

1. (mathematics) the set that contains all the elements or objects involved in the problem under consideration;
- Example: "all other sets are subsets of the universal set"


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

universal set
    n 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"