deduction

  • 71deduction — de|duc|tion [dıˈdʌkʃən] n [U and C] 1.) the process of using the knowledge or information you have in order to understand something or form an opinion, or the opinion that you form ▪ Children will soon make deductions about the meaning of a word …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 72DEDUCTION —    a logical move from the general to the particular …

    Concise dictionary of Religion

  • 73deduction — de duc·tion || kʃn n. subtraction, reduction, discount; conclusion; method of logical reasoning in which one uses a general rule to determine individual elements …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 74deduction —    Reaching a conclusion only when it follows necessarily from stated facts or proposals; reasoning from the general to the specific. One cannot contradict such a conclusion without questioning one or more of the premises from which it followed.… …

    Glossary of Art Terms

  • 75Deduction — A philosophy that holds that scientific inquiry proceeds by formulating a hypothesis in a form that could conceivably be falsified by a test on observable data …

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  • 76deduction — noun 1》 the action of deducting.     ↘an amount that is or may be deducted. 2》 the inference of particular instances by reference to a general law or principle. Often contrasted with induction.     ↘a conclusion that has been deduced. Derivatives …

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  • 77deduction — n. 1. Subtraction, withdrawal, removal, taking out or away. 2. Abatement, allowance, defalcation, reduction, discount. 3. Inference, conclusion, consequence, corollary …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 78deduction — n 1. subtraction, removal, withdrawal abstraction, Archaic. subduction; diminution, lessening, abridgment, curtailment, retrenchment, reduction. 2. discount, U.S. cut rate, markdown, cutback, rollback; rebate, refund; Math. subtrahend; allowance …

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  • 79deduction — de·duc·tion …

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  • 80deduction — [dɪˈdʌkʃ(ə)n] noun [C/U] 1) an amount or number taken from a total, or the process of taking an amount or number away from a total 2) something that you know from the information you have, or the process of finding something out from the… …

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