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Webster 1913 Edition
Deduction
De-duc′tion
,Noun.
[L.
deductio
: cf. F. déduction
.] 1.
Act or process of deducing or inferring.
The
deduction
of one language from another. Johnson.
This process, by which from two statements we deduce a third, is called
deduction
. J. R. Seely.
2.
Act of deducting or taking away; subtraction;
as, the
. deduction
of the subtrahend from the minuend3.
That which is deduced or drawn from premises by a process of reasoning; an inference; a conclusion.
Make fair
deductions
; see to what they mount. Pope.
Syn. – See
Induction
. Webster 1828 Edition
Deduction
DEDUCTION
,Noun.
1.
The act of deducting.2.
That which is deducted; sum or amount taken from another; defalcation; abatement; as, this sum is a deduction from the yearly rent.3.
That which is drawn from premises; fact, opinion, or hypothesis, collected from principles or facts stated, or established data; inference; consequence drawn; conclusion; as, this opinion is a fair deduction from the principles you have advanced.Definition 2024
deduction
deduction
See also: déduction
English
Noun
deduction (plural deductions)
- That which is deducted; that which is subtracted or removed
- A sum that can be removed from tax calculations; something that is written off
- You might want to donate the old junk and just take the deduction.
- (logic) A process of reasoning that moves from the general to the specific, in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the premises presented, so that the conclusion cannot be false if the premises are true.
- A conclusion; that which is deduced, concluded or figured out
- He arrived at the deduction that the butler didn't do it.
- The ability or skill to deduce or figure out; the power of reason
- Through his powers of deduction, he realized that the plan would never work.
Translations
that which is subtracted or removed
sum that can be removed from tax calculations
process of reasoning
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conclusion
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