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Inference based on reasoning from given propositions.
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The manner in which one idea follows from another.
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That can create associations from its own content.
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(set theory) Given two sets, the set containing one set's elements that are not members of the other set (whether a relative complement or an absolute complement).
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(obsolete) deduction from premises; inference; conclusion
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(logic) A statement that one sentence is true if another is.
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Deduction from premises; a corollary.
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A proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions; any conclusion which results from reason or argument; inference.
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(mathematics) The second term of a ratio, i.e. the term b in the ratio a:b, the other being the antecedent.
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(logic) The concurrence of multiple inductions drawn from different data sets.
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(logic) An example that counters a general rule; an exception to a general rule; a specific instance of the falsity of (and falsifiability of) any proposed universal applicability of a rule or statement.
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The ability or skill to deduce or figure out; the power of reason
adj
Of, pertaining to, or based on deduction (process of reasoning).
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That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction.
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The act of educing, of deducing: deduction.
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(logic) That part of an argument on which its conclusiveness depends; that which convinces or refutes an antagonist; a refutation.
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The business of a factor.
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The act of inferring or concluding, especially from a set of premises; a conclusion, a deduction.
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(uncountable) The act or process of inferring by deduction or induction.
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(transitive) To overcome by logical argument.
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(linguistics) A question which has only two possible responses: yes (affirmative) or no (negative).
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A leap from premises to conclusion.
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(obsolete) The major premise of a syllogism.
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Of a question or series of questions having as answers only "true" or "false"
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(programming) The property of being truthy, i.e. evaluating to true in a Boolean context.
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(programming, informal) A logical condition with the usual order of operands reversed — e.g. if (18 == age) rather than if (age == 18) — for various reasons, such as avoiding accidental misuse of = (assignment) instead of == (equality), a mistake that is harder to spot when using the normal order of operands.
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