Definition of inference

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Inference (n.) The act or process of inferring by deduction or induction.

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Inconsequence :: Inconsequence (n.) The quality or state of being inconsequent; want of just or logical inference or argument; inconclusiveness.
Illegitimate :: Illegitimate (a.) Not legitimately deduced or inferred; illogical; as, an illegitimate inference..
Illogical :: Illogical (a.) Ignorant or negligent of the rules of logic or correct reasoning; as, an illogical disputant; contrary of the rules of logic or sound reasoning; as, an illogical inference..
Include :: Include (v. t.) To comprehend or comprise, as a genus the species, the whole a part, an argument or reason the inference; to contain; to embrace; as, this volume of Shakespeare includes his sonnets; he was included in the invitation to the family; to and including page twenty-five..
Illatively :: Illatively (adv.) By inference; as an illative; in an illative manner.
Implication :: Implication (n.) An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words..
Follow :: Follow (v. t.) To result from, as an effect from a cause, or an inference from a premise..
Judgment :: "Judgment (v. i.) That act of the mind by which two notions or ideas which are apprehended as distinct are compared for the purpose of ascertaining their agreement or disagreement. See 1. The comparison may be threefold: (1) Of individual objects forming a concept. (2) Of concepts giving what is technically called a judgment. (3) Of two judgments giving an inference. Judgments have been further classed as analytic, synthetic, and identical..
Misconclusion :: Misconclusion (n.) An erroneous inference or conclusion.
Argue :: Argue (v. t.) To prove or evince; too manifest or exhibit by inference, deduction, or reasoning..
Sequela :: Sequela (n.) That which follows as the logical result of reasoning; inference; conclusion; suggestion.
Contraposition :: Contraposition (n.) A so-called immediate inference which consists in denying the original subject of the contradictory predicate; e.g.: Every S is P; therefore, no Not-P is S..
Derivable :: Derivable (a.) That can be derived; obtainable by transmission; capable of being known by inference, as from premises or data; capable of being traced, as from a radical; as, income is derivable from various sources..
Consequent :: Consequent (a.) Following by necessary inference or rational deduction; as, a proposition consequent to other propositions..
Inferential :: Inferential (a.) Deduced or deducible by inference.
Concludency :: Concludency (n.) Deduction from premises; inference; conclusion.
General :: General (a.) Comprehending many species or individuals; not special or particular; including all particulars; as, a general inference or conclusion..
Consequent :: Consequent (n.) That which follows from propositions by rational deduction; that which is deduced from reasoning or argumentation; a conclusion, or inference..
Impliedly :: Impliedly (adv.) By implication or inference.
Just :: "Just (a.) Not transgressing the requirement of truth and propriety; conformed to the truth of things, to reason, or to a proper standard; exact; normal; reasonable; regular; due; as, a just statement; a just inference..
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