ex·por·ta·tion \ˌekˌspōrˈtāshən, -ȯ(r)ˈ-, -ōəˈ- also -_pə(r)ˈ-\noun (-s) Etymology: Latin exportation-, exportatio, from exportatus (past participle of exportare) + -ion-, -io -ion 1.: an act of exporting; also: a commodity exported : export 2.: a direct inference from a statement of the form pqↃr to one of the form pↃ(qↃr) — used in formal logic