Definition of deduction

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Deduction (n.) That which is deduced or drawn from premises by a process of reasoning; an inference; a conclusion.

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Elimination :: Elimination (n.) The act of obtaining by separation, or as the result of eliminating; deduction. [See Eliminate, 4.].
Infer :: Infer (v. t.) To derive by deduction or by induction; to conclude or surmise from facts or premises; to accept or derive, as a consequence, conclusion, or probability; to imply; as, I inferred his determination from his silence..
Corollary :: Corollary (n.) Something which follows from the demonstration of a proposition; an additional inference or deduction from a demonstrated proposition; a consequence.
Gross :: Gross (superl.) Whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross sum, or gross amount, the gross weight; -- opposed to net..
Ratiocinative :: Ratiocinative (a.) Characterized by, or addicted to, ratiocination; consisting in the comparison of propositions or facts, and the deduction of inferences from the comparison; argumentative; as, a ratiocinative process..
Draff :: Draff (n.) An allowance or deduction made from the gross veight of goods.
Deducement :: Deducement (n.) Inference; deduction; thing deduced.
Ergotism :: Ergotism (n.) A logical deduction.
Discount :: Discount (v. t.) A deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of interest upon money..
Deductive :: Deductive (a.) Of or pertaining to deduction; capable of being deduced from premises; deducible.
Deduction :: Deduction (n.) Act of deducting or taking away; subtraction; as, the deduction of the subtrahend from the minuend..
Allowance :: Allowance (n.) A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as tare and tret..
Lesson :: Lesson (n.) That which is learned or taught by an express effort; instruction derived from precept, experience, observation, or deduction; a precept; a doctrine; as, to take or give a lesson in drawing..
Deduction :: Deduction (n.) That which is deduced or drawn from premises by a process of reasoning; an inference; a conclusion.
Insight :: Insight (n.) Power of acute observation and deduction; penetration; discernment; perception.
Consequent :: Consequent (n.) That which follows from propositions by rational deduction; that which is deduced from reasoning or argumentation; a conclusion, or inference..
Dock :: Dock (v. t.) To cut off a part from; to shorten; to deduct from; to subject to a deduction; as, to dock one's wages..
Generalization :: Generalization (n.) The act or process of generalizing; the act of bringing individuals or particulars under a genus or class; deduction of a general principle from particulars.
Reason :: Reason (n.) Hence: To carry on a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to formulate and set forth propositions and the inferences from them; to argue..
Consequentially :: Consequentially (adv.) With just deduction of consequence; with right connection of ideas; logically.
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