What's a word that means "common element"?
Cars and Bikes share the common element that they are both wheeled vehicles.
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Cars and Bikes share the common element that they are both wheeled vehicles.
Linked? I'm not sure that a single word gives that concept merit. I know that a part of the standard IQ test is to give two words and ask how they are similar. It starts easily, like bike and car (wheeled, mode of transportation, etc) and get progressively harder. If one tries, one should be able to come up with a commonality between any two concepts.
One option is maybe Commonality
. It could possibly be worded as :-
Cars and Bikes share the commonality of being wheeled vehicles
Another option would be to use the word Denominator
However, that still wouldnt be one word as the usage would be Common Denominator
Also related is the more mathematical/algorithmical term 'superset'. Vehicles are a superset of bikes and cars, in that they are both types of vehicles, but there are yet more vehicles types beyond the two.
As a programmer, I have to answer Generalization. I'm sure there must be a better word though.
Like a shared trait? An attribute?
They are "similar"? or that they share X and X is defined to mean "noun. common element" ?
I'm aware it's the latter, I'm just trying to brainstorm and potentially help :)
In this case, element could be replaced by
Class.
esp., @chim; in programming, a class defines all objects that share a commonality. class: wheeled vehicle object: car, bike, ... element/member of a class also refer to the object
I believe this concept is used in all scientific terminology in general (zoology, botany, demographics) with slightly different meanings - think it has to do with what the scientists call taxonomy.