Definition of inference

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Inference (n.) That which inferred; a truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true; a conclusion; a deduction.

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Illegitimate :: Illegitimate (a.) Not legitimately deduced or inferred; illogical; as, an illegitimate inference..
Reason :: Reason (n.) To exercise the rational faculty; to deduce inferences from premises; to perform the process of deduction or of induction; to ratiocinate; to reach conclusions by a systematic comparison of facts.
Construct :: Construct (a.) Formed by, or relating to, construction, interpretation, or inference..
Postulated :: Postulated (a.) Assumed without proof; as, a postulated inference..
Inconsequence :: Inconsequence (n.) The quality or state of being inconsequent; want of just or logical inference or argument; inconclusiveness.
Imply :: Imply (v. t.) To involve in substance or essence, or by fair inference, or by construction of law, when not include virtually; as, war implies fighting..
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..
Gather :: Gather (v. t.) To derive, or deduce, as an inference; to collect, as a conclusion, from circumstances that suggest, or arguments that prove; to infer; to conclude..
Derivement :: Derivement (n.) That which is derived; deduction; inference.
Argue :: Argue (v. t.) To prove or evince; too manifest or exhibit by inference, deduction, or reasoning..
Inference :: Inference (n.) That which inferred; a truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true; a conclusion; a deduction.
Logical :: Logical (a.) According to the rules of logic; as, a logical argument or inference; the reasoning is logical..
Consequence :: Consequence (n.) A proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions; any conclusion which results from reason or argument; inference.
Legitimate :: Legitimate (a.) Following by logical sequence; reasonable; as, a legitimate result; a legitimate inference..
Major :: Major (a.) That premise which contains the major term. It its the first proposition of a regular syllogism; as: No unholy person is qualified for happiness in heaven [the major]. Every man in his natural state is unholy [minor]. Therefore, no man in his natural state is qualified for happiness in heaven [conclusion or inference]..
Inferentially :: Inferentially (adv.) By way of inference.
Inductively :: Inductively (adv.) By induction or inference.
Constructively :: Constructively (adv.) In a constructive manner; by construction or inference.
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..
Sequela :: Sequela (n.) That which follows as the logical result of reasoning; inference; conclusion; suggestion.
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