The phrase "a general designation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a broad or overarching term that categorizes or identifies something without being specific.
Example: "In the context of wildlife conservation, 'endangered species' is a general designation that encompasses various animals at risk of extinction."
Alternatives: "a broad term" or "a common label".
Proteins are generally modular in nature where each module or domain is a general designation for recurrent protein fragments with distinct structure, function and/or evolutionary history with autonomous folding and function retaining capability [ 2, 3].
With the halogens (X being a general designation for a halogen fluorine, chlorine, bromine, or iodine), compounds are known that can be represented as MX5 (meaning a molecule consisting of one atom of an actinoid with five atoms of a halide) and MX6, as well as complexes of the type having the molecular formulas MX6−, MX72−, and MX83− for the +5 states and MX7− and MX82− for the +6 states.
Notably, the term "cell cycle" is a rather general designation, and it is therefore expected that not all genes annotated to this term are periodically expressed.
I knew little about it, beyond its address and its general designation as a bistro, which is often the default description of any small quasi-French haunt without a trailblazing menu or state-of-the-art design.
Federer is 32, has won a record 17 major titles and with them the general designation as the greatest ever.
Comic opera, also called Light Opera, general designation for musical plays with light subject matter and happy endings.
Naxalite, general designation given to several Maoist-oriented and militant insurgent and separatist groups that have operated intermittently in India since the mid-1960s.
HCA is the general designation of methods for grouping samples characterized by data vectors or matrices, eventually forming clusters.
3 The seeds of these initial results have since grown into the idea of "alkali-metal-mediated magnesiation (AMMMg)" and blossomed further to other lowly electropositive metals such as zinc, 4 cadmium, 5 aluminium, 6 and manganese, 7 so prompting the general designation "alkali-metal-mediated metalation (AMMM)".
It appeared that repeating a limited number of three challenge tests with three different batches (or manufacturers) and with different initial physiological states seems often necessary and adequate to accurately assess the variability of the behavior of L. monocytogenes in a specific food produced by a given manufacturer (or for a more general food designation).
We used only data for physicians with either a 'General Practice' or 'Family Medicine' designation in the directory as both groups are considered PHC physicians within the Canadian system [ 34].
