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† ˈduction Obs.
Also 5 duccioun.
[ad. L. ductiōn-em, n. of action f. dūcĕre to lead.]
The action of leading or bringing. lit. and fig. (In quot. 1430 = multiplication.)
c1430Art of Nombryng (E.E.T.S.) 11 Oft of duccioun of figures in cifres nought is the resultant, as here, wherof it is evident and open, yf that the first figure of the nombre to be multipliede be a cifre, vndir it shalle be none sette. 1627–77Feltham Resolves ii. lxvi. 299 By the but meanly wise and common ductions of bemisted Nature, it would haue been no very powerful Oratory. a1696Scarburgh Euclid (1705) 36 Euclide only means a Mental Duction, or Position of that strait line between any two points. |