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DEDUCTIVE

\dɪdˈʌktɪv], \dɪdˈʌktɪv], \d_ɪ_d_ˈʌ_k_t_ɪ_v]\

Definitions of DEDUCTIVE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language

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involving inferences from general principles

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

involving inferences from general principles

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Of or pertaining to deduction; capable of being deduced from premises; deducible.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Of or pertaining to deduction; capable of being deduced from premises; deducible.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Tending to take away; drawing a conclusion from what is accepted; as, deductive reasoning.
Deductively.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Deductively.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

That is or may be deduced. Deductive reasoning, the process by which we explicate or deduce what is necessarily involved in given premises. See Induction.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

That is or may be deduced from premises.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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