A military officer in the armies of most nations, typically ranking below a lieutenant general and above a brigadier.

plural of general formula

(UK) An official appointed by the reigning British monarch to govern a Commonwealth realm as the monarch's representative. / An official in a similar position in other countries. / A zongdu.

(medicine) An anesthetic (anesthetic substance) that causes loss of sensation to the whole body, usually to the point of unconsciousness.

A commissioned military officer of the highest rank in the United States, ranking directly above a general, and corresponding to marshal or field marshal in other countries. A general of the army is equal in grade or rank to an admiral of the fleet.

(military) A military officer who commands a brigade. / (US, military) A one star general.

(relativity) A theory extending special relativity and uniformly accounting for gravity and accelerated frames of reference, postulating that space-time curves in the presence of mass.

An election, usually held at regular intervals, in which candidates are elected in all or most constituencies or electoral districts of a nation. / (Cockney rhyming slang) An erection.

A commissioned officer in the British Army or Royal Marines or the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, or United States Air Force, ranked above a major general and below a general.

An educational discipline based on the notion that certain techniques can enhance one's ability to evaluate and respond to the world