What is General: Definition and 1000 Discussions

A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, or marines.In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel.The term general is used in two ways: as the generic title for all grades of general officer and as a specific rank.
It originates in the 16th century, as a shortening of captain general, which rank was taken from Middle French capitaine général.
The adjective general had been affixed to officer designations since the late medieval period to indicate relative superiority or an extended jurisdiction.
Today, the title of general is known in some countries as a four-star rank. However, different countries use different systems of stars or other insignia for senior ranks. It has a NATO rank scale code of OF-9 and is the highest rank currently in use in a number of armies, air forces, and marine organizations.

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  1. KarminValso1724

    B Discovering Gravity & the Last Step of General Relativity

    Sorry if this seems like a stupid question but I cannot find an answer. I am asking this because to me, it seems like the hard part of coming up with general relativity would be discovering what gravity actually was ( the deformation of spacetime ), and the field equations and mathematics would...
  2. L

    Programs Number of General Electives in Physics Degree - Bachelor's Level

    How many general electives are typical for a bachelors degree in Physics? They are accepting 18 of my art credits for the Physics Transfer program at the associates level. I would like to know how many credits will count towards a bachelors. I am guessing 9 credits...I am trying to get an...
  3. Ahmad Obeid

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    Hello There, I hope I posted this in the right thread. I've been struggling with solving this particular Differential Equation and just couldn't find any way to solve it completely.. 1. Homework Statement I am only required to find the general solution of the differential equation y'' + y' =...
  4. Z

    Calculating Resultant Force and Energy in Physics Homework Problems

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  5. R

    I General Solution of Dirac Delta Potential Well

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  6. ltkach2015

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  7. 1

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  8. G

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  9. Euler2718

    I General Nth Derivative f(x)=x^x: Solving a Difficult Problem

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  10. Elnur Hajiyev

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  11. Ronie Bayron

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  12. P

    B General Relativity and Gravity?

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  13. J co

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  14. Danny Boy

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  15. Math Amateur

    I Coordinates of Pushforwards .... General Case

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  16. EinsteinKreuz

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  17. P

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  18. B

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  19. A

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  20. Z

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  25. W

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  30. Rerry

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  31. Just_some_guy

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  33. Coffee_

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  34. J

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  35. W

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  36. Rumplestiltskin

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  37. S

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  38. E

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  39. P

    Conservation of Energy and General Relativity

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  40. R

    What is General Physics 1 like?

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  41. mrspeedybob

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  42. masteryogurt

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  43. J

    Advice on Taking a 6 week General Chemistry 1 Class

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  44. H

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  45. Zeeboozoo

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  46. TonyS

    Relativity Question types in Hartle's General Relativity?

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  47. ujjwal3097

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  48. sunrah

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  49. R

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  50. G

    General term for splitting of light into constituents

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