| 单词 | deduction |
| 释义 | deduction /di duk"sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of deducting; subtraction. 2. something that is or may be deducted: She took deductions for a home office and other business expenses from her taxes. 3. the act or process of deducing. 4. something that is deduced: His astute deduction was worthy of Sherlock Holmes. 5. Logic. a. a process of reasoning in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the premises presented, so that the conclusion cannot be false if the premises are true. b. a conclusion reached by this process. Cf. induction (def. 4). [1400-50; late ME deduccioun ( < AF) < L deduction- (s. of deductio) a leading away. See DEDUCT, -ION] |
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